I am an independent voter, but a voter all the same, becoming incensed at the appalling lack of enforcement concerning improper kickbacks received by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. People are acting as if this is some kind of partisan witch-hunt, but we are talking about two leisure trips valued at $127,000.
How can anyone spend that kind of money on a golf outing without even asking who was footing the bill? Isn't that equal to the better part of a congressman's yearly salary? How could you grab that much candy without having to make some deal with the devil selling the votes of your constituents to benefit one lobbyist's personal interests?
If that kind of handout is common, then we need the U.S. Department of Justice doing the ethics investigations, not members of Congress.
Delay seems to think the questions are personal, but being an elected official, he should answer to all Americans regardless of political belief. That should be the standard for all elected officials.
The esteemed former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon should be a model. He was known for refusing lobbyist perks so in no way could it be misconstrued that he possibly "sold" his vote to anyone.
-William Arndt,
Remsen.
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