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.
Tom Melendy Did you not see where it was explained that all the monies from foreign governments would be donated to the treasury, thus making it a non issue. Guess you should have watched the press conference.
Thank you, Congressman Chaffetz.
No Martha! Did you not LISTEN? Not all “monies”, but all “profits”. And as someone who was once married to an accountant, there are very creative ways to ‘reallocate’ costs to make ‘apparent profits’ very very small. Allowing them to keep these ‘not profit’ funds, is still a huge boon to his businesses. Don’t be so naive.
If he was appointed by obama why is he stil there
What I can’t figure out is why the ethics guy always writes his letters to the minority people in congress. Shouldn’t his correspondence go to committee chairman rather than ranking members? This just seems to me to indicate his leanings.
I just love these internet politicians they are extremely smart. They know everything.
8 years.
We need dependable people.
John Henry Please explain just what Trey was supposed to do!!!!! FBI and DOJ did not do their part!!!!
Very true and I have no doubt he will go after Trump if he gets out of line!!!!