2nd Semester Book Finding

While trying to find a book to blog about for my issues class, I stumbled upon an interesting title. A lot of the books showing controversy, were focused around war and the economy. I was able to find another book on computer hacking, but I wanted to blog about a new subject. After spending a good half hour, wandering the book store, I was able to come across a book titled, Throw Them All Out. This book is written by Peter Scheizer. The books main focus is how politicians and their friends are able to make money off things that would send the rest of us to prison. When Peter is trying to explain to the reader on why these politicians are able to invest money so confidently Peter uses a word called cronyism. Cronyism is a shorter form of crony capitalism. Members of congress are able to trade stocks based on privileged information. Already after reading the short summary I was intrigued on learning more. Do people know about what is going on? Should this be allowed? I was very interested in what Peter had to say about this topic. It didn't stop there though. Cronyism is also members of congress inserting earmarks into bills, which helps improve their real estate holdings. Presidential campaigns are able to receive billions in federal grants yet no punishment is given to these people. Peter digs deeper into the issue and offers ways to overcome this problem. I look forward to starting this book for my second semester blog.