[Fzob]

Arizona senator Carl Hayden quickly rejected Douglas’s efforts, gaining support by arguing that the barbershop was an important institution passed down from the great statesmen who came before them.

As an important institution I fully expect the Republic to crumble the day it closes it's doors. /S

[jmcenanly]

If any organization ran itself like Congress, but using its own money, it would be bankrupt within a few years. It wasn't until 1994 that they audit their own books. How many other organizations use pages to carry documents back and forth, or to do other small tasks. The whole setup sounds like something out of Gilbert and Sullivan