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Congress And Corruption

Often our elected leaders don’t act they way they should, despite their prestigious positions. Positions of trust and honor. America’s people vote for a person because they feel that the person will uphold those values and can act with the good of the people in mind.
Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. As the saying goes [...]

Politicians acting without merit?? No! Can’t be! But it does seem that there are some loopholes allowing insider trading on Capitol Hill.
Little known fact: Members of Congress are exempt from rules that prevent insider trading.
Or so says the left-leaning advocacy group Public Citizen in a July 10, 2009, e-mail sent to supporters.
“The federal government has [...]

Following all that news about banking executive jerks receiving massive bonuses while their companies crumbled, it seems like Congress is starting to listen to angry taxpayers.