Posted on 07/06/2009 7:39:26 PM PDT by fiscon1
The Chicago Tribune has an excellent piece that describes the "inside baseball" that took the ethics bill into a watered down farce. I recommend everyone read the article.
On a more philosophical level, the reason that ethics reform turned into a farce is because the fox was guarding the hen house. In other words, the very people that were in charge of creating the ethics reform bill were the ones that benefitted most from the manner in which the system operates now.
(Excerpt) Read more at theeprovocateur.blogspot.com ...
Imagine Bawney Fwank being in charge of the “Protect Homeless Children” group.
“Illinois ethics”.
Now there’s an oxymoron.
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