If Congress literally went to the dogs, there could still be growling over corporate bailout requests from highly compensated executives.
UNFAIR SHAKES A dog refuses to shake hands with a kneeling researcher in a test for sensitivity to unfair rewards. Dogs that didn’t get snacks for their handshakes soon stopped cooperating if a neighbor repeatedly scored sausages after offering a paw.
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