For those who have grown a bit cynical, the idea of ethics in government might appear self-contradictory. In other words, we might be able to have one or the other, but not both — at least not at the same time. This thinking is partly a by-product of the very public ethical lapses committed by those in government positions.
As easy as it would be at this point to launch into a diatribe against the Clintons, who have taken corruption to new levels, they are really just one part of the problem. And it distracts us from the fact that there are government officials who do exhibit a high level of ethical behavior in their spheres of responsibility.
The problem is compounded by the need to review the behavior of government officials when potential ethics violations are discovered. What this implies is that we have the government monitoring the government. The potential problems with that are obvious.
As Mr. Trump prepares to arrive in the Oval Office we see how this system can go awry. More on page two.
My God, you fools will accept any excuse for that reprobate’s misbehavior won’t you? I guess you both thought not that it was “just locker room talk”, but perfectly fine that he ran around grabbing women by their pussies.
And they get paid to make mountains out of molehills! Stop it!!!!!
Y’ALL are worried about Trump and his ethics?? A guy that is saving the American people approximately $1.8 million by only taking a $1 salary for the next 4 years and if Devos is confirmed to be Secretary of Educational will be saving the American people approximately $1 million by only taking a $1 salary also and has been said that Mnunchen and Tillerson (I believe his name is) will be doing the same saving the American people approximately $2 million combined… NO WAY anyone plus their cabinet members would even dream of doing this… Plus if/when Foreign leaders come and stay at a Trump hotel, that money will be donated to the treasury… That’s ETHICS… Besides that, the law allows the President and the Vice President to run companies…
Yes. And no, you have it wrong; they have stated the “profit” will be donated, not all the money paid. If you know anything about accountants, you’ll know that the number that is “profit” can be manipulated WIDELY. The main issue with overall profitability of a hotel is maintaining consistent occupancy. Even if they “donate” a small amount of “profit” from foreign leaders staying at Trump Hotel, this just increases occupancy (and desirability) for other visitors – so this will just ramp up occupancy and pricing. Similar issues abound for his other hotels and golf courses, etc.
Well, that didn’t take long.
It’s a shame that Chaffetz is a political hack that has a tendency to showboat and has very low ethical standards. But with him and his supporters it’s all about politics and party.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/13/news/government-ethics-director-walter-shaub/
Isn’t government ethics an oxymoron?
Do you people responding below know why he threatened the Head of the office of Ethics? Because he dared to suggest that Trump’s plan for divesting himself from his businesses may not have gone far enough. It is no wonder they wanted to get rid of the ethics committee. Now it is not even safe to question something.
Really? We are going to accept government by threats now as our new normal? I pray not.
No, we need the laws enforced for all including politicians