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minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoThis was a problem decades before Trump took office, and the exact same problem will remain after he’s gone. Those corporations are “donating” (bribing) every election cycle for a reason, and it’s not charity. Each candidate has a billion dollars, win or lose… that we know of. Our reps and their entire families are millionaires. Bribery is blatant and legal. See Super PACs and Citizens United for further details.
This was a problem decades before Trump took office, and the exact same problem will remain after he’s gone.
Those corporations are “donating” (bribing) every election cycle for a reason, and it’s not charity.
Each candidate has a billion dollars, win or lose… that we know of. Our reps and their entire families are millionaires. Bribery is blatant and legal.
See Super PACs and Citizens United for further details.
“Lobbying”