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minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoLobbying is bribery. Pure. Simple.
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months 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 Bakalinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months ago Giving money to government officials is just a tip for appreciation and is completely legal Yes it is, but it shouldn’t be.
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.