More Corruption In Congress
by Tom McClusky
July 29, 2008
Every time a story like this breaks it unfortunately paints the good guys in Congress with the same brush. However as long as Congress is an “Old Boys Club” and earmarks are spent like taxpayer-funded campaign candy we will be seeing more and more of this.
Senator Ted Stevens Indicted in Corruption Case
By Kate PhillipsUpdated A federal grand jury has indicted longtime Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, on charges of failing to disclose receiving gifts of services and construction work as part of a wide-ranging corruption inquiry involving public officials and corporations in his home state. The indictment accuses Mr. Stevens of failing to report on his financial disclosure forms receiving gifts of more than $250,000 — in labor and construction materials — from Veco Corp. more . . .
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Comments
Cue the partisan attacks! Actually, no… surprisingly, I don’t see any being made. That defies expectation. If not for the recent use of the ‘50%’ statistic elsewhere, I would ask if the FRC is finally getting more responsible.
Stevens is a Republican, but really both parties are terrible when it comes to taking lobbyist ‘gifts’, and to handing out earmarks, and espicially the use of dirty tricks like riders on must-pass bills to get their otherwise unpopular earmarks pushed through. It wouldn’t be fair to say it’s a republican thing when the next corruption scandle will as likely as not be a democrat.
By: DP | July 29, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Maybe he can escape on that bridge to nowhere…