Hitler did the same with Mein Kampf
Would this be a violation of the Emoluments Clause? Hmmm?
Exactly! Everyone getting married, and all immigrants were given a copy of the book. Aside from less legal scams by the Nazi elite, this scam, immoral but not outright illegal, made Herr Schicklgruber a millionaire, back when a million was a lot of money.
As the French say, ‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.’ (The more things change, the more they stay the same.) Graft and leftists go together like peanut butter and jam. Where you find one, you find the other.