One of the most disingenuous things that politicians assert to the common American is the idea that politics is too hard for them to comprehend and understand. That you, Joe and Jane Sixpack (soda, or your favorite libation), do not understand how the machinations of legislation work. Now, of course they do not tell you this when they are campaigning for your electoral patronage, but somehow after getting your vote, you become absolutely dumb . . . plain ignorant. It is truly condescending and offensive and actually flies in the face of those esteemed words from the Declaration of Independence, “consent of the governed.” It is simply amazing and confounding when one is being told that you cannot grasp the complexities of government . . . Yet, you, the everyday American, are the one whose resources fund that operation.