The Congress of the termites

Via Often wrong, never in doubt:

Art Laffer gave some remarks [at the Show Me Institute recently] and he said something that I found apt: "The political class are like bad renters, not knowing if they'll be in power more than two years they spend everything at hand and then some, because to conserve it is to eventually bequeath resources on their adversaries."

The crop that have just been semi-tossed were particularly bad - they've been ripping out the copper plumbing and smashing the furniture for firewood.

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The bunch that have just been semi-tossed consumed much of the structure of the building. The Congress of the Termites...

Very apt similes and metaphors.