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You are missing the "I can legally give your campaign a lot of money and it's called a campaign donation". There's a per person limit, but you can get all the e

by rnk 4y ago

You are missing the "I can legally give your campaign a lot of money and it's called a campaign donation". There's a per person limit, but you can get all the execs at a company to give, you can bundle money together. Plus the "I have hidden/dark money, and I can support you via buying campaign ads to support you - or go against you if you don't do what I want".

Retric 4y ago
The Supreme Court has ruled a campaign contribution can be considered a bribe if there exists a quid pro quo arrangement.
- metadat 4y ago
  (Which will be very hard to prove, rendering the ruling toothless.)
  - Retric 4y ago
    Yep, though by the same token it’s also hard to prove something is a bribe even when you just write the politician a check.
edgyquant 4y ago
Bluntly: you are spewing ignorance because you don’t know what a bribe is compared to lobbying.
- rnk 4y ago
  Au contraire - you are the fool. I do know that bribes and lobbying are not the same thing, but that somehow, mysteriously, lobbying is effecting and so is making campaign donations to sway the votes of politicians.