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Unfortunately, not as much as one would hope. Apparently $1000 is enough to move the needle for a member of the House.
by sevensor 10y ago
Unfortunately, not as much as one would hope. Apparently $1000 is enough to move the needle for a member of the House.
- MichaelBurge 10y agoBaking an apple pie when selling your house makes people pay tens of thousands of dollars more for it, on average. Or those Hare Krishnas that give out worthless flowers as a "gift" to get you to donate. It might not be greed, though whatever it is is hardly desirable.
- gertef 10y agoBaking an apple pie is a ridiculous conceit. Just use cookie fragrance spray: https://demeterfragrance.com/chocolate-chip-cookie.html https://demeterfragrance.com/chocolate-chip-cookie.html
- gertef 10y agoThat smells like over-fitting: >For every $1,000 a representative received from corporations supporting net neutrality, like Google or Netflix, they were 24 percent more likely to vote for it. For every $1,000 from companies opposing it, they were 2.6 percent more likely to vote against. A 10x differece in magnitude, by directionality?
- squidfood 10y agoWe also have no notion of correlation/causation here. If a rep has shown herself previously to support my interests, by speeches, ideas, or whatever, I'm more likely to donate to her next campaign. The question is: are there lawmakers who voted one way (or "neutrally"), then changed after the cash came in?