Members of Congress are repeatedly using their positions to personally profit at the expense of other investors as described in Hoover Institute fellow Peter Schweizer’s recently published a book entitled “Throw Them All Out.” Among other things, it details insider trading by Congressmen that would be clearly illegal if done by anyone else. Last Sunday, a 60-Minutes report featured Schweizer, his book and a number of Congressmen, throwing a harsh light on this practice (“It’s time to ban insider trading by Congress,” Roger Parloff, CNNMoney).