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This is straight up bribery.
by telaelit 6y ago
This is straight up bribery.
- scrollaway 6y agoLobbying always is, this is just more blatant than usual.
- chki 6y agoAlmost all Lobbying is not bribery. Lobbying means using your resources to influence politicians by campaigning and meeting up with them. But there is no direct exchange of money, which would be bribery. Actually lobbying can be a useful part of the democratic process and it can also be done by civil rights organizations or environmental organizations that are non-profit. I know it can be comforting to simply say "all those politicians are corrupt" but doing so will only help those who are actually corrupt.
- engineer_22 6y agoRaqueteering then. "Hey pal, help my campaign I'll help you close your deal wink."
- chki 6y agoI personally know lobbyists and this is simply not what's happening, at least not in my home country in Europe. Lobbyists will mainly explain the industries standpoint towards new parliamentary initiatives and how it will impact them. But in my home country those accusations in the article would definitely be one of the biggest political scandals of the year while in the US it's apparently not very noteworthy at all. So maybe I'm simply missing the US perspective on this.
- NicoJuicy 6y agoLobbying seems to be done in Mar-a-Lago these days ( US), the president is easily bought. Eg. A QAnon member seems to have donated 1 million to the Trump campaign. Without checks in place of course, unlike in Europe.
- anigbrowl 6y ago'Raqueteering' is now the only correct spelling.
- gambiting 6y agoAmerica is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, they just legalized it so "it doesn't count".
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