Revolving door is systemic corruption
Most commenters see Tester's hire as the standard bipartisan pattern of legislators cashing in on their networks after office, and call his 'advisory, not lobbying' framing hollow.
Restrict officials during and after office
Proposals include post-office job bans or non-competes, wealth caps, stock-trading bans, public ledgers of meetings and money, and big pensions in exchange for never working again; others warn these could be dodged through relatives or backfire.
Palantir or lobbying not inherently evil
A minority argues Palantir doesn't hold or trade data itself and that lobbying is protected First Amendment activity, so the fix is ethics reform rather than bans.