...is good for the political gander?

The Wall Street Journal reports that while taxpayers have been frothing over executive bonuses at AIG and others, Congress has been doing the same thing.

Capitol Hill bonuses in 2008 were among the highest in years, according to LegiStorm, an organization that tracks payroll data. The average House aide earned 17% more in the fourth quarter of the year, when the bonuses were paid, than in previous quarters, according to the data. That was the highest jump in the eight years LegiStorm has compiled payroll information.

You have to wonder if they would ever clean up anybody's act, including their own, if the public didn't demand it? Really, it seems like even when we do, they still have to be reminded, day in and day out...

Read the details here.