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.
I’m tried if democrats setting American progress back and walking free, stamp out this anti American attitude!
The Office of Government Ethics, under Obama, was weaponized and used to attack ONLY Republicans.Time to pay the piper.
This is old news. President TRUMP has been in office 12 days now. Somebody’s trying to stir up BS!
Off with their heads. Or, at least, fire their asses.
Loony Lizzie thinks she is cute.
Needs to go for some Adulting 101 remediation training.
Many from both sides of the political spectrum are really juvenile and an embarrassment.
Term limits….so necessary
And Tom, where did stand on the Hillary conflict of interest when she was SoS?
She had promised Obama otherwise and just went down that road to greater self enrichment via her NPO Family foundation.
Anne De Witt, I don’t approve of conflicts of interest for anyone. I certainly don’t approve of it for Hillary, but Trump’s taken it to a whole new level!
Tom, IMO give up on this thread, you’ve provided factual evidence that intelligent people should grasp the significance of and are mostly getting the same logic thrown back at you of my four year old when he’s caught getting into something that it’s ok because his sister had a piece of candy last week.
Ed Parcells 8 yrs
I’m a scientist AND an educator. I feel it is my role to respect facts and to educate. Even when the audience doesn’t respect facts OR has a desire to be educated. If I end up helping just ONE person….
my time was not wasted