[mulmen]

> if a person has just gotten done working for a candidate or someone in office, they should be barred from private industry until they are politically irrelevant.

That's not how democracy works. You'd be creating a second class of people who are ineligible to participate in their own society. And you'd be selecting along the dimension of those who actually do participate.

I am a data engineer. If my state representative calls me to advise in a technical capacity on data legislation should I resign from my day job? Do we want our lawmakers to be well informed?

What's the line to be barred from private industry? If I have to resign from private industry to advise my representatives then won't I simply become a career lobbyist?

[kodah]

You giving advice to a campaign is not analogous to what these folks are doing. At Facebook, Uber, etc these people are being hired straight out of full-time, highly influential positions with direct contact to political elite. It's not even hidden, many of them proudly brag about it on social media.

The current situation is affording a whole host of people who make everyone else second class citizens to their reach and ideas.