11.14.2011

Tricks are performed by professional crooks: Do not try this at home

How Members of Congress Get Rich Through 'Honest Graft' - National - The Atlantic Wire

A 60 Minutes report on Sunday examined the ways that members of Congress trade on inside, privileged information to make themselves rich — without breaking any laws. Even though many positions in the federal government are bound by conflict of interest laws, Congresspeople are exempt from insider trading rules and are perfectly free to make business deals based on information they learn through their jobs.

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