"Honest" Graft in the US Congress

Here is a video from CBS News that reviews the corruption and graft among pretty well everybody in Congress. If you can put up with all the intrusive commercials by CBS, watch this:



This video includes all kind of "assurances" by the politicians that they "never traded on any non-public information" while all the details in this financial affairs makes it very clear that they have an extraordinary ability to make financial transations just after their public role gives them access to non-public information. What an odd coincidence. And they all put their hands over their hearts and assure the public that they are as honest as the day is long. And the fact that they make millions while in office off these "lucky" trades is simply beyond credibility. They are corrupt. Thoroughly corrupt.

The CBS report is based on this book by Peter Schweizer:

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