In the past, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics was one of the worst.

FORBES: You Owe Taxes? So Do IRS Employees

DC, have done before him: an agency called the Office of Government Ethics approves tax-exempt sales by quite a few people each year (but does not disclose the number).

ECONOMIST: Why it pays to become America's treasury secretary

Schapiro's personal disclosure form, filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics when her nomination was still pending, said that she had been "chairman" of the FINRA foundation since 2003.

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