Washington Problems.

       Ya know I never thought about this before, but an article in ProPublica today has me thinking about having extremely wealthy people in cabinet level positions. It turns out that the fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had been investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price for "trading on stocks of health-related companies while he was working on legislation affecting those companies."
       Now I'm not suggesting that all wealthy candidates for any President's cabinet are likely to break the law, but for those folks, its more likely if for no other reason than because they do mess with stocks and they do also work in ways that leave them open to accidentally breaking a law. Now you or I aren't likely to be trading stocks in the amounts that would be questionable, nor would we likely be working on legislation that affects such companies.
       This leads me to suggest that all future presidents look for average folks for their cabinets. There are several reasons that make this a good idea. First, they would be willing to work longer hours, and then they would be unlikely to accidentally mess with stocks at all. And they have good ideas.
       For instance, just the other day I overheard a couple of guys talking. They suggested we stop paying all Congressmen and women until they started doing their jobs. Now that's what I call a debt reduction plan for America. Sticking with Congress, I also heard the idea to put all those in Congress on the same healthcare plans as we all have and let them have the same retirement plans we have. I can see the $20 trillion debt we have disappearing over night.
       Then let's make the military purchase all tools for all equipment at the nearest hardware store. So they'll have to design equipment that can be repaired with commonly available tools. I'll bet you could make some suggestions too. Maybe we should hire you for a cabinet post. Which one are you most interested in?