Who Does Congress Really Work For?

After the elections in November I’ll back off the politics, but for now I can’t resist. Here’s an article from Politico Magazine back in May. “The 401 (k) industry owns Congress.” It still makes my ears smoke. Read it. You need to know what this very savvy investigative journalist reveals, because it’s right in front of our faces…sort of. We trust our legislators? Maybe. But if we do we ought to make sure we’re very well informed

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