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And bonus, its a lot cheaper and easier to bribe a state legislator, with only oversight from his or her state's (likely underfunded and understaffed) regulator
by petsfed 3y ago
And bonus, its a lot cheaper and easier to bribe a state legislator, with only oversight from his or her state's (likely underfunded and understaffed) regulatory bodies, than it is to bribe a US congressperson.
- hammock 3y agoDevils advocate: that’s competition (checks and balances). Not good per se, but maybe, better than the alternative. The alternative is that only massively oppressive globomegacorps can influence governance, because they can afford it
- petsfed 3y agoYou're not wrong. However, if I'm an oppressive globomegacorp, I'd definitely prefer only having to bribe these tin pot staties. You can probably buy off the entire West Virginia state legislature for less than the cost of a single US Senator. And you need 51 senators and 218 representatives to get things done. If all we can do is make sure bribery is a cost of doing business, then we can at least make sure that the cost is high.