In general, I think these guys are way too loose and easy with our money. The Repubs are in charge, so naturally they will be more often targetted... but the mentality of D.C. where there is no accountability to the public, and we can go on charging the credit card forever, leads to very lax practices. One doesn't have to be actually corrupt to be contributing to a corrupt culture.
Are you painfully dim or just obtuse?
1) I, Don Congressman, get $1.5 million for my local Conservation District.
2) The Conservation District puts out bids for a truck.
3) The Company I own submits LOWEST BID for truck.
4) I, Don Congressman, who actually works in the House (and not at my car dealership) does nothing because, well, I was working in in the House (and not at my car dealership).
5) I, Don Congressman, get pilloried because I choose not to track every car sale made by my dealership because it's not possible (unless I illegally had my staffers do it).
You've set an impossibly high ethical bar. I'd like to see how you, in the same situation, would be able to meet it.