This isn’t good:
Members of Congress and lobbyists are among the professionals who have the lowest honesty and ethical standards, according to a new poll.
Only 6 percent of people in the United States rate lobbyists as having “high” or “very high” honesty and ethical standards, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Lobbyists received the lowest rating out of 22 professions.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill came in second to last, with only 8 percent of the public saying they have high standards.
Their low rating reflects the low approval rating, 9 percent, lawmakers received in a Gallup poll in November.
This is one area where the public would actually have a better opinion of politicians and lobbyists if they paid more attention to what goes on.
I don’t think Congress is filled with people with particularly low ethical standards. At least, not when compared to, say, Wall Street or Hollywood or the gas industry.
This level of cynicism about government helps the Republicans and the oligarchs.
