MEME: you can't be an umpire if you played for one of the teams

[yurbud]

or will in the future.

We have to stop the revolving door between corporate America and the corridors of power.

One way to do this is to start at the TOP--once you retire as president, vice president, senator, admiral or general, if you accept any money from anyone, your pension should be cut off.

We give these guys a nice chunk of change for the rest of their lives.

If they want to sit on boards,do speaking engagements, or even lobby for a cause or industry, fine. Let them do it out of the goodness of their heart. But they or their spouse should not be compensated for it in any way.

In the case of someone coming from corporate America, it doesn't seem unreasonable to ban the awarding of any new government contracts to that company for the duration of the elected officials term in office.

This is not anti-capitalism, it is anti-corruption and pro fair competition.

We cannot have a democracy as long as our elected officials trade their government access for financial favors.

[AnnInLa]

1. Your problem is that you are using logic

and a very fine logic it is.

[yurbud]

2. thanks.