host: question for you, dave levinthal. actions the predate the law. >> we talked about the history of this going back to the years that predated it. there was in a free-for-all going on where the notion of insider trading in congress. that is acting financially on information that they would be privy to as a member of congress. that was happening in a notable way prior to the stock act being passed in the stock act was in a way of response to that type of activity. and prevent stuff like that from happening again. host: in oklahoma, republican line. you are on. go ahead. >> the problem will never get fixed until it gets turned around, the employees demand that they be able to give themselves pay raises even if their performance is bad. there's no reviews of that performance. they demand perks with no accountability. they act like they are royalty and those employees are the politicians. the citizens should demand performance transparency, term limits. all politicians with harsh punishments because how do politicians wind u

host: question for you, dave levinthal.date the law. >> we talked about the history of this going back to the years that predated it. there was in a free-for-all going on where the notion of insider trading in congress. that is acting financially on information that they would be privy to as a member of congress. that was happening in a notable way prior to the stock act being passed in the stock act was in a way of response to that type of activity. and prevent stuff like that from happening again. host: in oklahoma, republican line. you are on. go ahead. >> the problem will never get fixed until it gets turned around, the employees demand that they be able to give themselves pay raises even if their performance is bad. there's no reviews of that performance. they demand perks with no accountability. they act like they are royalty and those employees are the politicians. the citizens should demand performance transparency, term limits. all politicians with harsh punishments because how do politicians wind up being multimil