Secret Empires by Peter Schweizer

 

A recommendation for even the casual political observer.

I covered politics in my reporting days, and knew about a lot of these things, but this one names names, and doesn’t hold back, using plenty of evidence.

Corruption in politics has probably bee with us since before recorded history, and measures not yet taken could alter its course. However, it’s those lawmakers most concerned here that would have to make those laws. We might have to wait a long time.

Author Peter Schweizer does a pretty good job of informing the curious, approaching government bribery and corruption on several levels he attempts to reach the minds of numerous readers.

“Unfortunately, many politicians in Washington
believe they are entitled to on the job enrichment, and building family empires at our expense,” Schweizer notes in the conclusion.

He closes with this thought: “Ethical reputation is worth passing along to one’s own children, and one’s own country.”