Commentary Quick, name some national politicians you trust. What’s that you say? You’re struggling to think of any trustworthy politicians in Washington? You are not alone. Pew Research reports 80 percent of us say we do not trust the federal government to do what’s right “always or most of the time.” And 81 percent of us think members of Congress act unethically “all or some of the time.” I came to realize one way Congress could polish up their tarnished reputations after reading an editorial in The New Republic. Simply put, members of the U.S. Congress should stop playing the stock market. That’s right; either get out of the market altogether or set up tamper-proof blind trusts. Through their committee assignments, members of Congress are exposed to mountains of insider knowledge, classified documents, and secret information gleaned while questioning expert witnesses, sometimes behind closed doors. Even though there is a …