The Office of Government Ethics is a bureaucratic machine with a redundant purpose and should be dismantled.
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ElonMuskhasclaimedthatoneofthemostcommonerrorsofasmartengineeristooptimizeathingthatshouldnotexist.Butitdoesn’ttakeaSpaceX-levelengineertounderstandthattheOfficeofGovernmentEthics–anagencyfewAmericansknowbyname,butwhoseuncheckedpowercastsalongshadowoverourdemocracy–simplyhasnopurposeinitscurrentform.TheOGEisapartisan,bureaucraticthicketthatshouldbefullydismantled.Itselectivelyenforceshazyrulesaroundthefinancialarrangementsofincomingcandidatesandofficials–ofteninaheavy-handedmanneragainstRepublicans.Commonly,thetwowinnersinabattlewithOGEare(1)Democratsand(2)lawyers.Asapracticingattorneyinthefieldofpoliticallaw,Ihaveafirst-handlookatthisfrequently-partisanbattlewagedbyOGEagainstnomineesandcandidates.
Thetaxpayer-fundedmonumenttopost-Watergateparanoiaisarelicofabygoneera.Onbehalfofmyclients,Ihavenavigateditslabyrinthinerequirementsforyears,andIcanattest:OGEisnotaguardianofintegrity,b
