Charles Madigan, Tribune

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The financial side of ethics
May 9, 2006,
What a wonderful thing congressional reform is, like spring itself, coming along to signal big ethical changes for the better.
Perhaps not.
Pretend for a minute that we were allowed to run our lives the way Congress does.Say you robbed a bank with a bar of soap carved into the shape of a gun and you were captured by a tough, towel-wielding federal agent shouting, "Drop the soap!"
You would be indicted by a federal grand jury, perhaps convicted, then sent to the slammer for a good piece of time because, in the real world, money is protected against such things.
But if we lived the way Congress does, the outcome would be a lot more jolly.

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