Kevin Brady: “thank goodness that the practice of salting is not applied to Members of Congress, because if the equivalent of salting…”

“thank goodness that the practice of salting is not applied to Members of Congress, because if the equivalent of salting were applied to us, we would easily see this scenario: If a Democratic Congressman or woman with a strong, proud, liberal philosophy were to seek applicants for an important job in their office, under salting an applicant who minimally met the criteria for that job position could walk in in a ``Rush is Right'' T-shirt and proclaim to that Congressman or woman that ``I have no intention of representing your constituents, of serving the people in your district. My sole job in this job is to organize the workers on your staff against you, to create an environment resentful of your philosophy. And if you do not go along with this process, I have a right to bring your office and your staff down.'' If that Congressman or woman were to make the right decision and not hire that person, they would be subject to a National Labor Relations Board complaint, subject to spending thousands of dollars to defend a reasonable decision, and perhaps compelled to hire that person. As ridiculous as that seems, as crazy as it seems to push that merit and productivity as criteria out the window, small businesses face that same ridiculous scenario every day.…”