Two measures I want to see signed into law in early 2017:
1) Annual expense of any sort for ex-Presidents capped at $100,000 each.
2) Ex federal office-holders are not allowed to earn fees from book royalties, speeches, merchandise, or lobbying for 5 years after leaving office, and cannot receive proceeds in advance for any deals set for after the 5 years is up.
Must apply to all, including Obama.
That’s interesting, why do you want to enact those rules? It seems anti-capitalist to me at first blush: I don’t like the idea of restricting a person’s ability to earn a living. I do like the anti-lobbying provision, but what is your problem with speaking fees or book royalties?
I could also see this as being something which would be good to apply to high Executive-branch officials, like Cabinet Secretaries, Presidents, Vice-Presidents and their wives; but is it really a problem if a two-term Congressman from Missouri writes a book right after leaving the House? Or a long-time retiring Senator starts taking money for speaking at corporate events?
I guess I just don’t understand why you want these rules.