Anti-nepotism proposal

There are 250 million+ US citizens. The total government payroll is 2.4 million full-time employees. In other words, about 1% of the population.

My first suggestion is that no one shall serve in an appointed, confirmed or elected office of the Federal government who has a close relative [1] serving in such a position concurrently.

My second suggestion is that no one shall serve in an appointed, confirmed or elected office of the Federal government who has had a close relative serving in the same or a closely related office in the past twenty years.

I'm perfectly willing to extend this to the state level, as well.

[1] Close relative, for this purpose, is a direct ancestor,
descendant, spouse, spouse's ancestors and descendants, sibling, or sibling's descendants. For the sake of argument, anyway.

Anti-nepotism proposal

There are 250 million+ US citizens. The total government payroll is 2.4 million full-time employees. In other words, about 1% of the population.

My first suggestion is that no one shall serve in an appointed, confirmed or elected office of the Federal government who has a close relative [1] serving in such a position concurrently.

My second suggestion is that no one shall serve in an appointed, confirmed or elected office of the Federal government who has had a close relative serving in the same or a closely related office in the past twenty years.

I'm perfectly willing to extend this to the state level, as well.

[1] Close relative, for this purpose, is a direct ancestor,
descendant, spouse, spouse's ancestors and descendants, sibling, or sibling's descendants. For the sake of argument, anyway.