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Unless a law is enacted, I wonder how legally binding the 5 year waiting period is. That is one long non-compete agreement!
by jotato 10y ago
Unless a law is enacted, I wonder how legally binding the 5 year waiting period is. That is one long non-compete agreement!
- alexbeloi 10y agoYou put it in their hiring contract, similar to non-compete clauses. No law needed, just force people to tie their own hands in the future if they want the job now.
- phkahler 10y agoBut if it's not a law, who are they making the agreement with? Suppose Trump is voted out in 4 years, is he going to go after any of these guys for breach of contract if they become a lobbyist? It seems strange to make it anything but a law if you want it to have teeth.
- alexbeloi 10y agoMaybe him making it 5 years is a statement that he plans to be in office for a second term, but you're right someone needs to be there to enforce the contract. I think a law would be ideal, but I have little hopes of that being passed (similar to Trumps plan to add term limits), the lobbyists don't like it and they control the purses and the purses control the congressmen/women.