Saturday, January 7, 2012

Stop insider trading dead in its tracks

It’s not enough members of Congress make $174,000 a year, some are trading on inside information to use their public service to enrich themselves. - Rick Perry at Human Events

Earlier this week, the Chicago Tribune ran a little noted editorial on the insider trading scandal plaguing Congress, calling out phony efforts to reform the rules and demanding that we finally put a stop to this outrageous and unethical behavior.

If you haven’t read the editorial yet, I recommend you do because while the professional political punditry class is more interested in superfluous items like the political horse race and candidate attire, the reality is that members of both parties in Washington, D.C., are abusing their positions and ordinary Americans have had enough.