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In reply to the discussion: Guys: heads UP. New trend now raising its ugly head. Thanks to trump: [View all]Nasruddin
(752 posts)We need full medical and financial disclosure before any appointed or elected
person can take a federal office. The amendment should be in simple language
and left to Congress to implement with a law. (One can foresee the details will
change radically in 50 years.) The scope of this is up to the law - the ones at the
top obviously need complete scrutiny, but whether a lowly commissioner somewhere
needs to be subjected to that level of openness is matter for debate. On balance
I personally would prefer disclosure only for top level officials.
Security clearance for top officials is another question.
It would be more useful if disclosures happened BEFORE elections for elected
officers. How that could be done has to be in the domain of voting reforms, and
probably is a job for states to implement.
States should have a similar program. Some probably do. Would be useful to know more.