The Bank My Wife Works For Has A "Nepotism" Clause - WHY Doesn't The GOVT?

[matcom]

makes no sense to me. George and Jeb are allowed to "influence" each other. Why no Nepotism Clause?? IMHO, Jeb should have been forced to step down the day his 'Bro took office.

Thoughts?

[Skidmore]

1. State government has it and I believe

the feds have it too. This regime is corrupt to the core and thinks the law doesn't apply to it. Also, those rules appear to apply to the bureaucracy but not to legislators, who are sometimes corrupt. The CITIZEN needs to demand more of those who have been charged with governing--if they don't comply, oust them.

[noiretextatique]

2. nah...jeb's brother, if he had a shred of decency

would have conceded to gore, given the stench of election impropriety in a state governed by his brother. of course, that was probably just the first in series of coincidences...

[Cleita]

3. Graft and nepotism were always mentioned in my

school textbooks as the signs of government corruption. We have plenty of these entities today in every branch of our government today. It seems citizens should start taking notice and taking action.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

4. i have never understood this either.

how is it a good idea to allow two members of the same immediate family to hold the office of president? (rhetorical question of course)

[theboss]

7. Um, folks, we nearly elected THREE Kennedys

It could have easily happened.

[noiretextatique]

8. but...it didn't happen eom

[SheepyMcSheepster]

12. regardless, i don't feel it is in the best interest

to allow members of an immediate family to hold the office of president.

[tom_paine]

5. Because much of the Old American Republic ran on nepotism

That issue is trebly worse now that transition to Imperial Amerika has brought it shamelessly out in the open.

It is the difference, as with the torture scandal, of practicing somthing shameful, to be shunned, avoided, and covered up in shame if discovered versus something practiced openly (like the Torture at Abu Grahib) with approval from the highest levels, which need only to be offered a few mild verbal sops...and eventually, when Imperial Amerika is done transitioning and the last Free Americans are dead or run off, not even that.

Bottom line: Imperial Amerika is shamelessly aristocratic/nepotistic. The Old American Republic, while still somewhat nepotistic, was ashamed and tried to avoid such obvious situations.

But, that nation is GONE!

[theboss]

6. I doubt the nepotism clause is that strict

I mean, I doubt that you are not allowed to be hired anywhere in the bank because your wife works there. It's usually limited to her department or areas where she would have influence.

And I also fail to see why this means that two people can't be elected officials. This would mean that Robert and Teddy Kennedy could not have served at the same time. (And for the record the greatest act of political nepotism in our nation's history was probably Bobby Kennedy becomeing AG, but despite my incredible reputation for even-handedness, I probably shouldn't point that out).

In short, you are making a pretty silly argument.

[Mel]

9. I don't know about his wife

but I do know that my Father works at a bank and no I can not work at that bank period not anywhere not even in a different department they don't allow it. As you say what about a different department? Your right most business does allow what your saying thing is I'm wondering if this is a federal law that banks actually do enforce seeing as deposits are protected by FDIC.

I don't have a problem with the elected (not that Bush* was) family officials like I do family members working as lobbyists. Family members lobby their serving in office family members? It's rampant in our government and should be crushed! They should be ashamed and this problem is from both parties.

[theboss]

10. That's strict

I haven't heard of a policy that strict before. Is it a privately-owned bank? How many employees in general?

I agree with you that relatives of lawmakers should not be lobbyists. But our party has about the most glaring example of this currently going in Daschle.

[matcom]

11. the bank is private

no. i could not be hired ANYWHERE in the bank.
neither can her sister

its very strict

[UTUSN]

13. The Loophole

at various levels of govt agencies: Relatives can work at the same place so long as they are not supervised by the relatives. So an agency, or even sister agencies, can be RIDDLED with the same family, while technically being nepotism-free.

What is just as irksome as the nepotism is DOUBLE DIPPING, where greedy (mostly) adminstrative types "retire" for 30 days, then return to the same job on the 31st day, thereby collecting their regular paycheck PLUS their full retirement gratuity. Theoretically, the standard management yammering is that your first task as a manager is to train your replacements---as opposed to lining your rathole. If the double dippers STAYED RETIRED, there would be a whole line of people MOVING UP.