In Case Anyone Forgets What Our Elections Are Really About.

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I wish Andy were joking. Sometimes satire is too close to reality.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-...MzY1NjkxS0

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Congressional seats are on pace to fetch a whopping four billion dollars on Tuesday night, a record-smashing sales figure that has exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic insiders.

“With all of the uncertainty in the world today, the United States Congress is considered a very safe place for the rich to invest their money,” said Charles Michollot, of the auction house Sotheby’s. “Congressional seats are like Manhattan real estate—they aren’t making any more of them.”