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I sure hope they aren't that cheap.

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• Zigurd 3y ago
  Buying politicians, other than the ones that are in the headlines every day, is astonishingly cheap.
• lolinder 3y ago
  As I understand it, the donation is not the price of legislation, it's the price to get your foot in the door for additional lobbying efforts later. If a lobbyist connected to a donor requests a meeting, they get it, and if the lobbyist can then make a convincing enough case (preferably legally but sometimes otherwise) they can get action in their favor.
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• bsder 3y ago
  Oh, that gave me a good laugh. When you think of US politicians: think of the guy who owns the biggest used car dealership in Podunkville, Midwest. That's your average US politician. Generally: the scummiest, griftiest jerk who happened to get lucky. Generally by inheritance as building the business takes too much energy to screw around with national politics. Not somebody smart. Not somebody moral. Think SBF but no education and knowledge whatsoever. Is that person that cheap? Yah, sure, you betcha.