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>harder to bribe ~13,000 representatives than 435 If you're a multibillionaire, not really. And you really just need certain committees and committee heads.
by yborg 4y ago
>harder to bribe ~13,000 representatives than 435
If you're a multibillionaire, not really. And you really just need certain committees and committee heads.
- undersuit 4y agoSo you are arguing it's easier to bribe more people? Interesting argument.
- yourapostasy 4y agoI think they're pointing out XX,000 representatives still doesn't matter if only X00 have functional control over $trillions of budget allocations. Probably need such a broad dispersion and decentralization that you approach a rough high-level facsimile of a UBI before you really blunt the influence your parent post was pointing out.
- undersuit 4y ago>I think they're pointing out XX,000 representatives still doesn't matter if only X00 have functional control over $trillions of budget allocations. We already have that problem with 435 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_House_of_Representatives_committees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_House_of... It's harder to bribe more people, just say it.