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It would be interesting to see how media will respond. Last time I watched them they were upset he went to dinner without inviting them or some such thing. One
by rdtsc 10y ago
It would be interesting to see how media will respond. Last time I watched them they were upset he went to dinner without inviting them or some such thing.
One complaint I heard on a Washington, DC forum was that it would destroy DC culture. I imagine "lobbyist struggling to make ends meet after being laid off" might be an angle.
> The five-year ban will make it harder for Trump to recruit people to work in the administration.
I imagine anyone in Washington who knows how things run is a lobbyist of some sort. Wonder how or who they'd have to hire who wasn't some insider of sorts. If people don't know the system they'll probably make mistakes or take too long to get started. If they know too much they are probably corrupt and lobbying for someone else as well.
- plugger 10y agoThis won't clean up Washington much at all as it only involves the Trump administration appointments. IF Trump was serious about clamping down on the revolving door between Lobbyists and Congress he would have to enact this ban for Congress as well as his administration. Congress is the "swamp", not the Trump White House, correct? Sadly I think this is nothing but smoke and mirrors, an attempt to appear to "clean up" Washington whilst at the same time doing as little as possible to actually sort out the problems at hand.
- rdtsc 10y agoAh good point! Wasn't he talking about term limits. Let's see how well the Congress will like the idea to enact term limits for the ... Congress. Legislature is funny like that. They can change the rules which are used to make the rules so to speak. But I want to see him pull that off.