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minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up33·21 days agoBecause lobbyism (a.k.a. corruption).
minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·21 days agoLobbying is bribery. Pure. Simple.
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·20 days agoYou don’t understand. Giving money to government officials is just a tip for appreciation and is completely legal I wish I needed to add a /s, but it is objectively true: https://www.omm.com/insights/alerts-publications/supreme-court-limits-reach-of-federal-bribery-law-applied-to-state-and-local-officials/
minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 days ago Giving money to government officials is just a tip for appreciation and is completely legal Yes it is, but it shouldn’t be.
Because lobbyism (a.k.a. corruption).
Lobbying is bribery. Pure. Simple.
You don’t understand.
Giving money to government officials is just a tip for appreciation and is completely legal
I wish I needed to add a /s, but it is objectively true:
https://www.omm.com/insights/alerts-publications/supreme-court-limits-reach-of-federal-bribery-law-applied-to-state-and-local-officials/
Yes it is, but it shouldn’t be.