the_shitshow_never_ends@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIntel Brags of $152 Billion in Stock Buybacks Over Last 35 Years. So Why Does It Need an $8 Billion Subsidy?www.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up29·6 days agoBecause lobbyism (a.k.a. corruption).
minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21·6 days agoLobbying is bribery. Pure. Simple.
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 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/
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/