Do you—or does anyone—really need a book of rules and a three-hour briefing to do your job ethically?
If you’re a Congress critter, apparently so. For that’s what newly elected lawmakers have just received.
Nearly all those newcomers rode to victory on a tsunami of inherently corrupting corporate cash. Now they’re being instructed in a crash course on Capitol Hill ethics.
That is, they’re not learning how to be ethical, exactly—just how to avoid ending up being investigated, indicted, or thrown in jail.
You see, in Washington’s rarefied air, anyone can be blatantly unethical, as long as they don’t technically break laws. It’s a fine line, so this latest class of special-interest lawmakers proved eager learners.
But in practice, even actually crossing that line is no barrier to congressional service.
