Members of Congress have a hundred ways to enrich themselves, while in Congress and afterward, and most of them are corrupt to some degree. That corruption is bad because it distorts the policymaking process and erodes public trust in the people who should be our statesmen.
As the topic of stock trading among members of U.S. Congress has trended, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been outspoken in her support for congressional members’ right to trade stocks. To