“The people who make the rules are the political class in Washington. And they’ve conveniently written them in such a way that they don’t apply to themselves,” said Peter Schweizer, Hoover Institution scholar and author of congressional corruption expose “Throw Them All Out” in explaining how Congress created a secret insider trading gold mine for itself. Schweizer’s point goes much deeper than the insider trading scandal that has recently grabbed headlines. The current American political class has become so corrupt that they don’t believe any rules should apply to them.
Thus, the political class is free to violate the Constitution to intimidate opponents, to enrich themselves through insider trading, and most importantly, to use government power to ensure their own re-election and hold on power.
