[qam1]

Good article

Yeah if I could go back in time, I would tell the founding fathers to add an amendment that states “With the exception of military service if you receive any money from the government for any reason you are not allowed to vote in any election for 2 years.”

Oh and except for except DAs & such all Lawyers are barred from running for political office

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yeah if I could go back in time, I would tell the founding fathers to add an amendment that states “With the exception of military service if you receive any money from the government for any reason you are not allowed to vote in any election for 2 years.”

For the Founders, there would have been no other reason why you would have received money from the government (well, very very few other reasons).

[Lurking Libertarian]

Oh and except for except DAs & such all Lawyers are barred from running for political office

...including John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Abraham Lincoln....