Ethical Question.

I don't understand how this is legal. You would think there would be rules against it, if not laws.

Of course I also don't understand how a congressman can introduce a bill that benifets one industry, let's say a medicare bill that would help the drug companies, and then once the bill is passed he goes to work for a lobbying firm run by the companies. Like Former Rep Tauzin did.

What we need is a congressional non-compete clause which states that after leaving public service they are no allowed to join any lobbying/political firm/fund/think-tank of any kind for five years. Same type of deal that people in the computer industry have to do. And as long as the laws are enforced, I think it would curb some of the massive corruption we are currently seeing.