I wonder what Big D would actually do in power as well... you known, the more mundane things that a President does, like.. policy. Does the UCAS become more efficent, does he reform health care? curb corporate power? rebuild the military (maybe, maybe not), improve education (most certainly I think). What was his policy platform beyond, 'I'm a Dragon, I care, and oh, I'm not the other guys'. Is he an international president, travelly the world and bring peace to... somewhere war-torn (shouldnt be hard to find). (Actually, I think not, because to do so would bring conflict with other Dragons, however indirectly). Or does he show up in small cities (do they have towns anymore?) and do the whole town hall thing that Americans seem to like? Open a factory and things like that? Does he recruit that dwarf eco-activist (forgotten his name for the moment) to his cabinet?
Invest in small business, encourage innovation and inventiveness of the individual metahuman, roll back megacorporate power, and offer the SINless amnesty to earn a SIN among other things. Some of it came to pass in one way or another while Haeffner was President, but he also had to deal with the corp war, Bug City, Deus, and Ghostwalker's return.
Oh, do UCAS (or USA for lack of information) politicians need to declare their financial interests? To avoid conflicts of interests and such? And do they need to move ownership from themselves, like give to their partners or a trust they dont manage? Because he had a lot of stock and a lot of potential conflicts of interests. Specially when your involved in foreign policy and the country your in negotiations is Aztlan and your a board member of the national corporation Aztechnology...
Currently, it depends on the office. Presidents have to put their holdings in a blind trust. Meanwhile, Congress still hasn't passed the law forbidding its members from using inside information gained as a part of their job for their own personal gain. Federal judges and justices have to recuse themselves or face disciplinary action where a case involves their financial interests. Everyone has to report their assets annually in a rather detailed report. Of course, this is a quick and dirty rundown, and it only applies to the U.S. There are 125,000 elected officials in the U.S. at the three major levels (federal, state + county, municipal) and the rest, and every political subdivision has a different set of ethical rules.
In the UCAS, this was touched on in
Dragons of the Sixth World about Nadja Daviar but it basically comes down to this: She was Vice President of the UCAS, chair of the largest tax-exempt organization in American history, and a board member of Ares Macrotechnology. So ... No, there basically are no real ethical rules anymore.
