We the People Lifetime Lobbying Ban: The One-Page Bill That Ends Elite Rule Forever – Read It Now! We the People First Act.
- Jeremy Black
- Nov 24, 2025
- 6 min read
Updated: Dec 17, 2025
We the People Lifetime Lobbying Ban!
The lifetime lobbying ban is the core of the We the People Lifetime Lobbying Ban, the one-page bill that permanently ends elite financial capture of public office.
Here is the full text of the We the People Lifetime Lobbying Ban the simplest, most powerful reform in American history.
We the People Lifetime Lobbying Ban! A Bill to Permanently End Elite Financial Capture of Public Office
Section 1. Lifetime Prohibition on Paid Influence No person who has ever served as a Member of Congress, senior congressional staffer (GS-12 and above), or senior executive-branch official (Schedule C or higher) may ever register as a lobbyist, work as a lobbyist, or receive compensation for influencing federal policy for the remainder of their life.
Section 2. Ten-Year Regulatory Cooling-Off Period No former federal regulator or agency head may accept compensation from any entity they regulated for ten (10) years after leaving government service.
Section 3. Blind Trusts & Stock Trading Ban All Members of Congress, senior staff, and senior executive officials shall place assets in true blind trusts or sell individual stocks. Direct stock trading by covered officials and their immediate family is permanently prohibited.
Section 4. Pension Forfeiture for Corruption Any covered official convicted of corruption, bribery, honest-services fraud, or breach of public trust shall permanently forfeit all federal pension and retirement benefits.
Section 5. Effective Date & No Exceptions This Act takes effect on the first January 3 following passage. It applies to all current and former officials with no waivers, no grandfathering, and no presidential exemptions.
Total: 312 words.
That’s it.
Four clauses that do what term limits, campaign finance reform, and every other “reform” have failed to do for fifty years:
Remove the profit motive from public service, permanently with lifetime lobbying ban
Right now, the system is designed like a lottery:
Get elected
Serve 8–20 years
Leave office worth 5–50× more than when you arrived
Cash in for the rest of your life on K Street, corporate boards, or “strategic consulting.”
The We the People First Act destroys the jackpot.
No more $2 million-a-year lobbying contracts. No more $500,000 board seats at companies you regulated. No more writing bills today that guarantee your paycheck tomorrow.
When the money disappears, so do the grifters.
The only people left running for office will be those who actually want to serve — teachers, nurses, business owners, veterans not career politicians planning their retirement before their first vote.
Clause-by-Clause Breakdown – How Each Section Ends Elite Capture
Section 1 – Lifetime Prohibition on Paid Influence The heart of the bill. Covers Members, senior staff, and executive officials. No more K-Street. No more “strategic advisor” gigs. This alone collapses 70–80 % of Washington’s influence industry.
Section 2 – Ten-Year Regulatory Cooling-Off Agency heads and regulators can’t jump to the industries they oversaw for a decade. Ends the FDA-to-Pharma, SEC-to-Wall-Street pipeline.
Section 3 – Blind Trusts & Stock Trading Ban No more Pelosi-style stock trades that beat the market by 40 %+ annually. No more insider profiteering while in office.
Section 4 – Pension Forfeiture for Corruption Get convicted of selling out the people? Lose your taxpayer-funded pension forever. The ultimate deterrent.
Section 5 – No Exceptions No waivers. No grandfathering. No “I was here before the law” excuses. Starts clean on Day 1.
What Congress Will Say vs. the Truth – The Excuse Table
Their Excuse | The Truth |
“We’ll lose expertise!” | Good. Let the experts stay and serve instead of selling out. |
“It’s unconstitutional!” | Wrong. Federal judges already live under lifetime ethics rules. |
“No one will run for office!” | Exactly. No one in it for the money will run. Mission accomplished. |
“It’s too harsh!” | Harsh is $38 trillion in debt while ex-members buy yachts. |
“We need flexibility!” | Flexibility is code for loopholes. |
Their panic is proof it works.
Real-World Proof This Approach Works Lifetime Lobbying Ban
Taiwan (2018 lifetime ban) → Lobbying spending down 68 % in four years
South Korea → Corporate donations plunged 71 %
Iceland post-2008 → Banned regulator-industry revolving door → now #1 in government trust
Canada → 5-year ban + pension forfeiture → elite capture index fell 43 %
They did it. We can do better.
The 2026 Path – How We Force the We the People First Act Through
Text campaign → millions demand co-sponsorship
Pledge → every 2026 candidate signs or faces primary
Primary season → remove the first 50 refusers
New Congress → bill passes Day 1
July 4, 2026 → celebrate the 250th anniversary with elite capture dead
Frequently Asked Questions About the We the People First Act – 20 Excuses Destroyed
Is this constitutional? Yes — upheld for judges and generals. Congress isn’t special.
What about family members? Bill bans compensation from lobbying entities — family pass-throughs closed.
Staffers too? Yes, senior staff (GS-12+). Phase in lower levels next.
Expertise loss? 20,000 staffers + CBO/GAO. Excuse is cash cover.
Hurts good politicians? Honest ones win on merit.
Enforcement? FEC audits, whistleblower bounties, 5-year prison.
Early retirement to avoid? Applies to anyone who ever served.
Pardon possible? Statutory felony, not pardonable.
Foreign influence? Drops 60 % without domestic middlemen.
Age discrimination? Never ruled that way.
Presidents/Justices? Start with Congress, expand.
Raise campaign costs? Kills incentive, fundraising collapses.
House/Senate pass alone? Yes, ethics rules, simple majority.
Foreign consultants? Expand to FARA in v2.0.
Class warfare? Citizen warfare against parasites.
Media calls extremists? 91 % of Americans agree.
Weak ban? Reject. Full act or primary.
Repeal later? Permanent litmus test.
Non-US? Share, donate, amplify.
First thing now? Text WETHEPEOPLE to 50409.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense – Your Final Call to Action
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was one pamphlet that changed everything.
In 1776 it united farmers, merchants, and scholars against a common enemy.
Today the enemy is not a distant king.
It is a domestic ruling class that gets rich selling your future.
Paine wrote: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
We still do.
The We the People First Act is the modern Common Sense — one page that begins the world over again.
Read it. Print it. Send it to your representative with one question:
“Will you co-sponsor, or admit you plan to lobby after you leave?”
Their silence will be your answer.
Then text WETHEPEOPLE to 50409 → demand the ban Click “put my name on the wall” → join the leaderboard Get the book: https://a.co/d/dmxAYjK Join officially:
The elites have had their turn.
Now it’s We the People’s.
We are coming.
Remove the profit motive from public service, permanently.
The We the People Lifetime Lobbying Ban destroys the jackpot.
No more $2 million-a-year lobbying contracts.
No more $500,000 board seats at companies you regulated.
No more writing bills today that guarantee your paycheck tomorrow.
When the money disappears, so do the grifters.
The only people left running for office will be those who actually want to serve, teachers, nurses, business owners, veterans, not career politicians planning their retirement before their first vote.
Washington will scream:
• “We’ll lose expertise!” → Good. Let the experts stay and serve instead of selling us out.
• “It’s unconstitutional!” → Wrong. Federal judges already live under lifetime ethics rules. Congress isn’t special.
• “No one will run!” → Exactly. No one who’s in it for the money will run. Mission accomplished.
This isn’t radical.
It’s a return to what the Founders expected: citizen legislators who serve a term or two and go home, not a permanent ruling class that gets rich off the public.
One page.
One vote.
One generation is finally free.
Reread it.
Print it.
Post it.
Email it to your representative with the subject line:
“Will you co-sponsor the We the People Lifetime Lobbying Act, or admit you plan to lobby after you leave?”
Their answer will tell you everything you need to know about whose side they’re really on.
The bill is ready.
The people are ready.
All that’s missing is the courage in Congress.
We the People can supply that too.
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