Dec

Americans: HMO managers, car salesmen more ethical than Congressmen

Senators don’t rate much higher with the American people.

Being a member of Congress rates as the least ethical and honest professions – faring worse than car salesmen by 4 percent – according to a new Gallup poll out Wednesday.

In a poll ranking how Americans view the honesty and ethical standards of 21 professions, Congressmen were rated as having a “low/very low” ethical standards by 55 percent of 1,017 adults across the nation. Only 9 percent said members of Congress have “high/very high” standards, while 35 percent gave the lawmakers an “average” rating.

Car salesmen were the only other professionals to get a “low/very low” rating by at least 50 percent of respondents, receiving 51 percent.

Senators ranked third lowest in the poll, earning a 49 percent “low/very low” ethical rating, beating out stockbrokers, 46 percent, and HMO managers at 43 percent.

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Sam Adams says:

December 9, 2009 at 1:33 pm

I say we vote then all out and stary over.

I sure there are enough returning vets who have a clue about what the world is really about that can get the job done without all the insider pandering.

The catch? In many cases the voters are as much of problem as is the pandering. Gov’t employees, Teachers and union members have a dog in the fight and will always vote themselves a pay raise.

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