I watched some of the congressional hearings (sorry - pompous pontificating inquisitions) of various industry CEOs. Not wanting to get into whether or not the CEOs deserved it, I do feel there should be a quid pro quo exchange. If the elitist Congressmen want to publicly persecute these people, fine, go for it. But, fair is fair.
What I would like see is the CEOs, with all the respect the congressional hearings deserve, respond politely and as honestly as possible.
Then, at some point in these hearing, each CEO extract from his folder a single sheet of bright red paper and place it on the table.
At the end of the hearing, each CEO then asks the committee chair for the right to speak. Once granted, the CEO picks up the red sheet of paper and reads off each committee member's name, the donations made to that committee member's previous elections/favorite charities/etc., and perks given to that member and/or his family. Also identify any donations refused or returned, or not, by the respective committee member.
Maybe these committee hearings might be more productive than just a political platform for these congressmen to beat their chests and come off as some kind of bad-asses.
It would be interesting to watch the Congressmen's faces in the future every time a piece of red paper is placed in front of the object of the committee hearing.
Fair is fair.Note: 7 days - Still no response from my Senator or Representative.
Opinionated Fool
Semper Fi
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