The United States Congress does not represent the people but those corporate interests that keep them in power, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist.
Hoenig, a former Green Party candidate for Congress, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday while commenting on a poll which has revealed that a majority of Americans, regardless of party allegiance, disapprove of Congress.
The new poll, published by the Associated Press-NORC Center on Monday, revealed that a total of 85 percent of Americans believe the Congress’s job is below average.
It also found that the number of Democrats that held an unfavorable view of Congress, 89 percent, is only seven percentage points higher than that of Republicans, at 82 percent.
“A recent study by Princeton and Northwestern has shown that Congress only cares about what one thinks on a topic if it is coming from the economic elite. As it does happen that the…