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I know an urban county in California where it's an open secret that one can greatly increase one's chance of having a carry permit approved by making the maximu
by User23 6y ago
I know an urban county in California where it's an open secret that one can greatly increase one's chance of having a carry permit approved by making the maximum allowed contribution to the sheriff's reelection campaign.
This kind of reminds me of the UC admissions bribery scandal. There are legally approved ways to bribe schools and politicians, so if one is inclined to do so, at least follow them. But in both cases the idiots in question have gone about it in a flagrantly illegal fashion. I am not condoning the practice, but merely recognizing the system as it actually functions.
- hedora 6y agoThe frustrating thing in the US is that bribing the sherrif or the head of the university is legal, but bribing the low level paper stamper is illegal. That provides huge incentives for the most corrupt to rise to control the institutions they’re supposedly policing.
- creato 6y agoI don't think these are the same thing. Donating to the Sherriff's reelection campaign is a lot closer to a bribe than donating to a university, because the Sherriff is benefiting personally a lot more than the head of a university is from a donation to the school. It would be more analogous if the donations were somehow made to the Sherriff department's budget.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoGetting doners is a big part of a university president's "re-election campaign". Everyone has a boss they need to impress.
- cptnapalm 6y agoI work in a library. I've learned though our ethics training that we can't accept cookies from patrons because that might be seen as bribery. There's a strange requirement to accept food: you have to eat it in front of the giver. So we can't take cookies, but the legislator can be fed by lobbyists.
- infogulch 6y agoSo just take one cookie and eat it right there.
- snowwrestler 6y agoI can’t speak to your state laws, but at the federal level, giving certain officials free food would be a felony, unless it was finger food provided at a “widely attended event.”
- User23 6y agoWhich naturally includes junkets to posh resorts.