(07-13-2023, 11:12 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(07-13-2023, 11:05 AM)mikesez Wrote: I'm not saying you should feel good about Hunter Biden getting tapped for corporate board positions when he is totally unqualified.  Or Chelsea Clinton getting a c-suite job at a hedge fund right out of college. I get angry about that and so should you. 
However
If I was Hunter Biden, and I was offered that job, would I say no?
And if we really think it's wrong, should we try to make it illegal? Is that the society we want, where the kids and family of politicians have to live like monks basically?

But these aren’t real jobs. They’re overt attempts at buying political influence. Do you honestly believe Hunter Biden arose early every day to don a suit and work at the office?

Of course I don't believe that.   I'm sure there were some formalities like some reports he had to file, some meetings he had to attend, but nothing that anyone with an MBA and 10 hours of free time a month couldn't have done for him.

But should it be illegal for a politician's son to accept such a role?

Suppose Joe Biden was serious about avoiding any appearance of corruption.   He's not, but suppose he was.  He would tell his son, "hey, you can't take that job." And his son would say, "I'm a grown man, and I can." Now what? Is it Joe's fault? Does he now have to publicly disown his son?

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