"So congress is responsible for all those good things? "
Congress is not responsible for "all" of those things, but surely we can give them credit for at least some of them.
I realize there is a lot of distrust against our government, but they are not the criminals the press makes them appear to be. If they were, our country would just be another fly by night third world country, and we are definitely not that.
I fail to see where they have helped matters beyond what the citizenry have already done. Congress works best when they stay our of the way of progress instead of regulating it.
Each year, some 12,000 bills are introduced in Congress. About 1% of those become law. 18% are designed to modify the tax code in some way; many of those that become law are just to name post offices and federal buildings. They are wasting an incredible amount of their time, and our time.
The highway spending bill showed their true colors; they don't understand fiscal restraint. The upcoming lobbying reform bills showed their true ethical colors, they're blaming the lobbyists for the problems, not corrupt congressmen. If they were "good" congressmen they would limit their activities instead of doing things that seek adulation.
Will Rogers
With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke.
Will Rogers
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark Twain