flacaltenn
Diamond Member
We've allowed the 2 Brand Name to feather their nest on Capitol hill and foul our government... I cringe every time the issue of "campaign finance reform" comes up because frankly folks -- We don't have a money problem.. We have a problem of too much Congressional power to legally rack in bucks in exchange for favors..
This recent "scandal" about Biden using his office and power to have a prosecutor fired in the Ukraine that was coming too close the nepotic job his son magically acquired, and BRAGGING about it is a good example.. But I'm not here to pick on INDIVIDUAL legislators.. The whole concept of nepotism in the Fed Govt needs review...
And it IS NEPOTISM.. It's just not "illegal".. It's ONLY illegal if you place family members into GOVT positions that you oversee and to some small extent if your family are ALLOWED to lobby Congress..
Using the power of your office to place relatives into cushy CORPORATE jobs (foreign or domestic) certain as HELL should be illegal, but it's not.. And the only references I can find to LIMITING this power these scam artists think we've given them -- is a number of bills to that extent that have been shot down over the years..
There should be Ethics reform in Congress codifying certain practices as illegal...
1) Using the power of your office or quid pro quo to induce corporations (foreign or domestic) or other organizations to hire or otherwise fund a family member.
2) Using the power of your office to pick winners and losers in handouts of tax credits or tax breaks or guaranteed loans for any products of a corporation where that product is ALREADY on the market or demonstrated as ready for market.. If you gotta fund technology or product development -- it has to be uniformly available to all qualified players in the marketplace.
3) Failure to recuse one's self from Committee votes that involve companies or organizations that have family members as employees or executive positions should be similarly illegal..
This recent "scandal" about Biden using his office and power to have a prosecutor fired in the Ukraine that was coming too close the nepotic job his son magically acquired, and BRAGGING about it is a good example.. But I'm not here to pick on INDIVIDUAL legislators.. The whole concept of nepotism in the Fed Govt needs review...
And it IS NEPOTISM.. It's just not "illegal".. It's ONLY illegal if you place family members into GOVT positions that you oversee and to some small extent if your family are ALLOWED to lobby Congress..
Using the power of your office to place relatives into cushy CORPORATE jobs (foreign or domestic) certain as HELL should be illegal, but it's not.. And the only references I can find to LIMITING this power these scam artists think we've given them -- is a number of bills to that extent that have been shot down over the years..
There should be Ethics reform in Congress codifying certain practices as illegal...
1) Using the power of your office or quid pro quo to induce corporations (foreign or domestic) or other organizations to hire or otherwise fund a family member.
2) Using the power of your office to pick winners and losers in handouts of tax credits or tax breaks or guaranteed loans for any products of a corporation where that product is ALREADY on the market or demonstrated as ready for market.. If you gotta fund technology or product development -- it has to be uniformly available to all qualified players in the marketplace.
3) Failure to recuse one's self from Committee votes that involve companies or organizations that have family members as employees or executive positions should be similarly illegal..