Don't blame me if the figures are slightly out of date, but....

Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500
employees and has the following statistics?

29 have been accused of spouse abuse

7 have been arrested for fraud

19 have been accused of writing bad cheques

117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3 have done time for assault

71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

8 have been arrested for shoplifting

21 are currently defendants in lawsuits

84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year


Can you guess which organisation this is?












It's the 535 members of the Houses of Parliament, the same group that
cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of
us in line.

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

:tongue:

 

lol. i got that for congress, too. i'd check the figures.

 

Given that the House of Commons has 646 members, not 535, I'm not inclined to place too much credence in your figures. What is your source for these allegations? This has the hallmarks of one of those tiresome joke emails.

EDIT: I misread your original post which referred to 535 members of "the Houses of Parliament" - if you add the several hundred Lords to the 646 MPs you're even further off the mark.

 

good move. i adore snopes.

 

to be fair though, I suspect the activities of the House of Commons have caused the bankruptcy of a lot more than 2 businesses

 

Its still funny.

 

And don't forget the one who was responsible for over 600,000 deaths....