{"id":57,"date":"2009-06-22T09:32:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T09:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/06\/sarah-palins-ethical-debt-500000.html"},"modified":"2009-06-22T09:32:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T09:32:20","slug":"sarah-palins-ethical-debt-500000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/06\/sarah-palins-ethical-debt-500000.html","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin’s Ethical Debt — More than $500,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
And here we see the financial implications of ethics — Sarah Palin says that she is more than $500,000 in debt due
\nto “frivolous” ethics complaints brought against her by her fellow Alaskans<\/a>.
\nNo doubt some of these charges are lacking in weight, (one complained that
\nPalin promoted the sponsor of her husband’s snowmobile team on her jacket; this
\ncomplaint was dismissed); but I absolutely love that Alaskan citizens are taking an
\nactive part in their government and asking their leader to answer to any possible ethical missteps.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/font> <\/div>\n
While I’m no fan of Palin, I’m
\nnot interested in this article for partisan or anti-Palin reasons. I really just get excited
\nwhen I see people get involved in the world around them — and coupled with the
\ntopic of ethics, well, I’m ecstatic right now.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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