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Wealthy people have enough sway to get the laws written they want. It's nothing new. Our politicians are legally bought and paid servants.
by gregors 2y ago
Wealthy people have enough sway to get the laws written they want. It's nothing new. Our politicians are legally bought and paid servants.
- consp 2y ago> Our politicians are legally bought and paid servants. Isn't that illegal? (... withdraws into ignorance cave)
- gregors 2y agoBribery is illegal, but lobbying is completely legal https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0912/the-differences-between-bribery-and-lobbying.aspx https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0912/the-differe... That being said, off the books "I really want this" probably carries some weight when it comes from large donors I'd imagine. Is that bribery?
- malfist 2y agoCurrently, with the latest SCOTUS decisions, only explicit quip pro quo (i.e., I give you money, you vote for a law) is illegal. If I give you money, and then complain publicly that we need a law about something and you vote for it, that's not illegal.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoDig up and ask John McCain how successful campaign finance reform was. I'll wait. ;@) Or: Bob "gold bars" Menendez, Rudy Giuliani selling pardons for $2M USD, or almost every form of paid lobbying and campaign fundraising. (Cooome baaack. Thhhhe caaaave issss tooo darrrk.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_officials_convicted_of_corruption_offenses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_...
- theturtletalks 2y agoMost laws bind the weak and protect the strong
- paulpauper 2y agoWealthy people have enough sway to get the laws written they want. It's nothing new. Our politicians are legally bought and paid servants. Ppl repeat this like a truism. Hundreds of millions of dollars of donations by a certain crypto exchange CEO did nothing to keep him from seeing a 25 year sentence.
- underseacables 2y agoBe thankful for your government, it is the best that money can buy.