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**gkruCRi1** · 01-20-2007, 11:00 PM

did you mark this one on your lipstick case sam

When it comes to corruption, I can't see why partisanship should be a theme of it. Do you care whether the person who breaks and enters your home to rob it is a Rep or Dem? The robber doesn't care what your leanings are for sure.

I could care less about what party corrupt officials come from. If convicted, I hope they serve long prison sentences. I even felt this one was a weak one. I favour 10 year mandatory minimums for public corruption convictions because they betray everyone and discredit the system. People who would even think of misusing their office ought to know we in the public will make they pay dearly for betraying the trust we have given them.

One ethics reform I am delighted to see being added to the books at this time is denying pensions to convicted Congressmen who commit abuses of office. The bill is not retroactive, though. It's very annoying to know that people like Ney and other past convicted Congresspeople are getting money from all of us with pensions as a reward for betraying the trust and using their office to illegally serve their own ends against the public interest.

01-20-2007, 11:00 PM	#6
gkruCRi1 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	did you mark this one on your lipstick case sam When it comes to corruption, I can't see why partisanship should be a theme of it. Do you care whether the person who breaks and enters your home to rob it is a Rep or Dem? The robber doesn't care what your leanings are for sure. I could care less about what party corrupt officials come from. If convicted, I hope they serve long prison sentences. I even felt this one was a weak one. I favour 10 year mandatory minimums for public corruption convictions because they betray everyone and discredit the system. People who would even think of misusing their office ought to know we in the public will make they pay dearly for betraying the trust we have given them. One ethics reform I am delighted to see being added to the books at this time is denying pensions to convicted Congressmen who commit abuses of office. The bill is not retroactive, though. It's very annoying to know that people like Ney and other past convicted Congresspeople are getting money from all of us with pensions as a reward for betraying the trust and using their office to illegally serve their own ends against the public interest.
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