Members of Congress have been spotted at Disney World, casinos and ballgames during their two-week so-called "work from district" time. Right after the Senate adjourned, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was spotted at Disney World with a bubble wand. Graham claims he was there to visit friends after lunch with special envoy Steve Witkoff and others, "about the possibility of normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel."

Meanwhile, thousands of Department of Homeland Security workers are still waiting for a paycheck.

As The New York Post reported, the House and Senate both adjourned last week despite talks to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history crumbling. Imagine this in the private sector. When companies have a big project in the works and it's crunch time, they limit or black out vacation days so there's enough staff to get the job done.

Not on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers' paychecks are constitutionally protected and keep on coming despite government shutdowns.

The Beltway Bubble isn't showing any signs of bursting. Last month, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and California U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, both millionaires, filed legislation that would impose a 5 percent wealth tax on billionaires.

It doesn't tax income, but rather net worth. As a majority of congressional members are millionaires, evading this money grab must be a huge relief.

Someone should tell them that it's been tried in Europe, and failed spectacularly.

One of the consequences of the tax was the exodus of billionaires from countries that imposed it. Sweden lost business people and their capital. France imposed a wealth tax in 1982 and repealed it in 2017.

California is already seeing the mega-rich pack their bags amid its 2026 ballot measure for a "one-time" 5 percent wealth tax on billionaires.

But the political agenda too often overrides common sense. Gallivanting while federal workers go without pay shows that it overrides common decency as well.

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