re: #207 blackpajamas
“The question to the U.S. Congress:

Which of you has a Swiss bank account, either at UBS, or at another firm?

Are you on the IRS list of tax evaders?

If no, prove it. If yes, pay-up, before you ask for any more of our tax-money.”
Love it, but of course they will lie about it; maybe not if you put ‘em under oath, but you’d need a Super-Prosecutor (not a “special prosecutor) with an awful lot of assistant prosecutors, accountants and investigators to make that work.
But boy I’d sure love to see that.
I’d bet we’d turn up all sorts of chicanery, notwithstanding that they (congresscritters) already make a pretty good living, supplemented by their recent raise and the additonal $90,000 in “spending money”, AND they have the absolute BEST health care program in the nation: 100% of all Medical, Dental, Eyecare, prescriptions and hospital coverage and it’s FREE to them.