The Atlantic: on Government Reform


Elizabeth Warren: Supports a lifetime ban on officials becoming lobbyists

Warren calls the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act: a frontal assault on lobbying, including a lifetime prohibition that would prevent federal officeholders (including the president, members of Congress, and Cabinet secretaries) from ever becoming paid influence peddlers. Her argument is that lobbying undermines the functioning of markets, by permitting corporations to exert outsize control over the regulatory state and use government to squash competitors.
Source: The Atlantic, "Capitalism," on 2020 presidential hopefuls Aug 28, 2018

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