@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoReport: Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1 billionwww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1444cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareOptionallinkfedilink36•1 year ago“illegal” is something we made up for the poors, ducky! That’s not for us!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoDemocracies hate this one simple trick… When lawmakers want to take a bribe, all they have to do is legalize it. Or, skip all that and go for the goal - convince executives and the courts it’s legal, because you did bribery with extra steps. It’s a totally new thing I just made up
Is not it like super illegal?
If you already have a lot of money, no.
“illegal” is something we made up for the poors, ducky! That’s not for us!
Yep yep yep!
No it’s an “official presidential act”
The courts legalized bribery years back.
Hasn’t stopped him before.
Campaign donation loophole
Democracies hate this one simple trick…
When lawmakers want to take a bribe, all they have to do is legalize it. Or, skip all that and go for the goal - convince executives and the courts it’s legal, because you did bribery with extra steps. It’s a totally new thing I just made up