Cashing in on government "service"

[nevergaveitathought]

Originally Posted by ExNYer

Now, your handle - "Nevergaveitathought" - that perfectly describes your post above, doesn't it?

Perhaps you have heard of our First Amendment? It's all the rage these days. Tout le monde is excited over it! C'est magnifique!

It prevents Congress and the states from infringing your rights to free speech. So, if you want to write a book or give speech - whether it is for free or for money - neither the federal government nor any state government can pass a law stopping you from doing so.

Also, what the fuck are the qualifications for "influence peddler"? You do 10 years in jail for persuading people?

Also, 10 years in jail just for BEING a lawyer? A perfectly LEGAL occupation? What is the crime? What if that is the only job the politician knows? If a lawyer is elected to just ONE 2-year term in the House of Representatives, they cannot go back to their old job for TEN years? They must pay $2M in fines?

And what kind of standard of judgment is "or otherwise, in the eyes of a reasonable person, capitalizing monetarily from their government service other than using the experience in a general manner as one would any gained knowledge and or life experience"?

I know you threw in the catch-phrase "reasonable person" to make it sound like legalese, but how does a jury determine what using experience "in a general manner" as one would in any life experience be? You could convict anybody for anything based on that BS phrase.

Also, why would it apply to relatives? They didn't get elected to office and have no control over their elected relative. Why would they lose rights because of something somebody else did?

Why would a woman lose her ability to work as a lawyer just because her brother got elected Senator? Why would she not be able to serve on the board of American Airlines?

tongue in cheek satire that flew by you

[Whirlaway]

He got re-elected by residents of the city of Dallas moron; a city in which minorities make up the majority..........never said the "good voters of Texas were tired of him" .

I said the good voters of Texas weren't buying what Kirk was selling.

The Texas electorate isn't like the city of Dallas.

[Yssup Rider]

You're a fucking racist pig, Whirlytard.

Was Kirk a liar too?

[Jewish Lawyer]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

my question is WHY SHOULD ANYBODY BE RESTRAINED FROM MAKING THE BEST LIVING THEY CAN as long as its within the law?

Lot of jealous, bitter fuckers out there. We ALL know who you are!

And it can be written into law what you can and can't do after feeding at the public trough as a public servant.

[Guest032516]

Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought

tongue in cheek satire that flew by you

Oooops. My bad. I should have known better.

[Guest032516]

Originally Posted by Whirlaway

He got re-elected by residents of the city of Dallas moron; a city in which minorities make up the majority..........never said the "good voters of Texas were tired of him" .

I said the good voters of Texas weren't buying what Kirk was selling.

The Texas electorate isn't like the city of Dallas.

Actually, your first two posts said simply "the voters" and "the electorate". You didnt specify whether you meant Dallas or Texas-wide

But Wow. Thanks for clarifying in the third post.

The blacks and Hispanics in Dallas aren't included in the "good voters of Texas". Check.