It's already illegal for lobbyists to pay for dinners or meals of any kind, including at a McDonald's.

Rank and file civil servants have very strict rules around what they can and cannot accept from a vendor. Same for investing actually, the rules around who can in invest in what depend on their decision making responsibilities. I'm baffled why we don't hold elected officials to the same standards.

Of courses they can, you just have to pay for your own meal.

What are you trying to achieve with your sarcasm?

If you have a job you can probably have a look at your ethics or anti corruption guidelines for a good idea of what is appropriate.

Right. And no 'working' conferences on tropical island resorts with 5,000 dollar per night rooms.

Have you never split a check before?