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Was anyone besides me surprised that huge payouts to your family creating massive conflicts of interest are normal? And even acceptable for someone running for
by chmod600 6y ago
Was anyone besides me surprised that huge payouts to your family creating massive conflicts of interest are normal? And even acceptable for someone running for office?
In a private company, if you don't disclose such conflicts and recuse yourself from related decisions, you'd be fired immediately. (Though perhaps I'm wrong here if I was wrong about politicians.)
- rantwasp 6y agoit depends. as a low level foot soldier definitely. the higher in rank you are the greater the odds that you can actually get away with it w/o being held accountable
- chmod600 6y agoWith other politicians there was always a lot of smoke, some investigations that go nowhere, and then it's dropped without really finding a fire. That's traditionally what I thought "without being held accountable" meant. Now, we see the fire in plain sight, and the media is saying it's all fine and normal. That's a new level of "without being held accountable".
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoIsn’t it usually the other way around? People at the top are all in it together, so they look after one another if just for self preservation. Instead they blame it on a rogue employee (or child).
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