Apparently it is too hard to prove, in a court of law, the bribery of our Federal Government officials and staff members.\u00a0 So there is probably little hope of reforming the system by toughening bribery laws.<\/p>\n
President Obama has tried to impose rules for members of his administration from immediately upon leaving government\u00a0 taking a job with a company with which they dealt while in the administration.\u00a0 This is not enough, because it does not cover enough people and it is not a big enough deterrent.<\/p>\n
I suggest that a law be implemented which says that any earnings a federal elected official, appointed official, or staff member gets from eventually working for a company that gained a benefit from legislation or executive or judicial rule making be taxed by the Federal Government at a rate of 90% with no deductions allowed.\u00a0 It could also be made a federal crime to try to disguise any such earnings so as to try to make them appear to not be earnings from such a company.\u00a0 There could be a separate bureau in the IRS to monitor the earnings of former federal\u00a0 legislators, executives, and judges.<\/p>\n
This rule alone would cut the sweetheart deals that corporations get to such an extent that our deficit problems would practically solve themselves.\u00a0 Any money the Federal Government would earn from the tax would just be gravy.<\/p>\n