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.
Bahaaaaaaa are people really this gullible
I have only watched CNN for a half hour this entire past 12 months. WRONG!!!
A liberal as head over ethics? That’s like a$#%&!@*leading priest over a synagogue …a contradiction…
“the head of the government ethics office has an ethics problem himself”
Gowdy spent 2.5 years and millions of dollars to finally tell us, “Read the report and decide for yourself.” Is this the kind of man you want in government?
get ’em Jason
So well said, this is the type of people we need.
BTW, the President and Vice President are exempt from certain rules that apply to others in government!
Trump DOESN’T have to give up running his own business, but HAS, to his sons. Sooooooo, what’s the problem?
Liberals wanting him to sell everything, which at this point he could only get “Fire Sale” offers! Duh’
I don’t like Trump personally, he was like my 5th choice, but he WON, and he hasn’t been given a chance to do anything yet, DAMN.
Remember the word EXEMPT.
He’s doing these things like having his sons run the business to keep the appearance of conflicts of interest at bay.
Wait and see what in the hell happens before you try and convict someone without any issues/problems/evidence of wrongdoing at the moment!
Come on we all know now if it’s a democrat it’s a lying, unethical communist
Yeah well folks their is a new president in town. Let’s see what kind of games he will play. So far his campaign rhetoric is showing. But not sure what he considers his first real day in office will be. Maybe these two Gowdy and Chaffetz will have more gain in getting things done.