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The Elon Musk Act aims to ban ‘special government employees’ from having federal contracts | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Too late, should've passed this before the election :(

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

I doubt it would even stand up against the Supreme Court

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Good idea. It'll never even get to a vote.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

U.S. Democratic Representative Mark Pocan plans to introduce a bill designed to ban “special government employees” like Elon Musk from having federal contracts so they can’t steer spending towards their own self-interest.

This isn't news. Good lord, this isn't even "a bill which will never even get to committee has been introduced."

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 2 points 2 hours ago

We are considering maybe thinking about writing a bill to maybe stop others from possibly doing some of the maybe smallest issue right now.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

This bill is STUPID! Government Employees should ALWAYS Benefit Financially from their Decisions! UNLESS their name is BIDEN!