the_shitshow_never_ends@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square26fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansantitrust@lemmy.world
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minus-squareCaptain Baka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up31·1 day agoBecause lobbyism (a.k.a. corruption).
minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 day agoLobbying is bribery. Pure. Simple.
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·22 hours 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-up3·5 hours 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.