Congress' Culture of Wealth: How Insider Information Enriches Members of the House

By Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet
Posted on June 2, 2011, Printed on June 2, 2011

We know that members of Congress often stroll right out of their jobs and into lucrative lobbying positions, consulting gigs, or book deals. We know that they enjoy all sorts of perks of their offices, from golf trips with lobbyists to corporate-sponsored air travel.

We even might have guessed that they've done some insider trading. After all, these are the people who make decisions about how the economy is going to go. About which mega-defense corporation will get the next juicy contract.