(07-15-2023, 11:37 AM)p_rushing Wrote:

(07-15-2023, 09:32 AM)mikesez Wrote: That's a whole new section of US code.
And it would only apply to families of politicians?
Consider Elizabeth Warren's kids.  They were grown when their mom first ran for office.  Should these adults suddenly be subjected to legal scrutiny in all their financial affairs just because their mom changed careers? That kind of thing would really deter a lot of people from getting into politics.  Even if they had no intent of acquiring corrupt money, they wouldn't want to deal with the hassle or impose the hassle on their families.

I guess you don't understand how corrupt the politicians are. There are ways to fix it with term limits, shrinking the government, etc but that's less likely to happen. If you don't want to open your finances, then don't run. Being a politician should be a temporary service job, it shouldn't be a career with retirement and enabling everyone of them to get rich.

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Again with the term limits.
Some of the most problematic politicians we have would only be minimally affected by term limits.  Many go from state house, to state senate, to us house, to us senate.  Assuming an 8 year stint in the first three, then 12 in us senate, that's 36 years.  Most of a career.  It's a career job, even with term limits.

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