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I'm against nepotism in the government. Why aren't you?
I don't think hiring of family members is necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes hiring the family member is good for an organization and the benefits outweigh the negatives. In other words, hiring a family member is not a per se evil.
But in large organizations, I think more times than not, hiring a family member has more negative consequences than positive ones. So as a practical matter, I think nepotism policies are good for corporations.
I think nepotism policies are even more important in the government. But I think the rule should not be absolute but subject to a rule of reason test in certain circumstances. (Note for instance that if a nepotism conflict arises in congressional offices as a result of marriage, both can stay employed in certain cases.)
I think a President should get some discretion to employ advisors whom he trusts. This is not a cabinet position. This is unlikely to cause dissent within the executive. The public is not likely to have problems with IMO. Trump is not doing this to increase family coffers. He is not taking a salary himself. If he believes that he is well served by Jared's counsel, I'm all for making it convenient to get the counsel by having Jared in the White House. I think it would be silly to insist that Trump get in the car, and drive to Jared's house to have face to face meetings.
Taking you guys at your word, it is against the law. So was gay marriage a couple years ago. Laws can be changed.
I have no problem with Hillary doing her health care thing years ago (from a nepotism standpoint).
If Trump gave Melania, Ivanka, Don Jr. all paying jobs, I'd have a problem.
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