Congressional leadership funds constitute a loop-hole by
which members of Congress can more easily use donations for personal expenses
including vacations. To count on those very same members to turn off the
sugar-water that they themselves enjoy is perhaps the epitome of naivety. A
solution to a systemic conflict of interest cannot come out of the parties
themselves, but must be from an exogenous or outside force. In this essay, I
depict the conflict of interest and suggest places we might look to eliminate
the conflict of interest.
