How about sweetheart deals with Netflix or publishing companies? AOCommie has done pretty well with the DC Laundry.
“sweetheart deals with Netflix or publishing companies”
Very sweet indeed, as the Obamas know well.
Serving and retired political figures should be required to the proceeds into a trust with a withdrawal rate limited to the salary amount of a congressman annually, with the trust balance going into the Treasury upon their death (or that of a surviving spouse).
Copyrights are supposed to be limited to the author’s lifetime (but probably should have been for a straight 28 years).