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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is anyone surprised when a congressperson, an MP, etc takes foreign money?
This is capitalism
Everything is for sale
EveryONE is for sale
There is no way around it
Pass a law to prevent it and they find a loophole
Anytime you have the forces of the markets in play, anything is possible if you have enough money to buy the right people
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Why is anyone surprised when a congressperson, an MP, etc takes foreign money? (Original Post)
RFCalifornia
Jan 2022
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Bev54
(10,039 posts)1. I thought there was a law against it???
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)2. There is and there will be a loophole
Dollars to donuts TFG took Russian money
But he stalled and stalled and used loopholes to hide it
Deutschebank pretty much admitted it
Because this is capitalism
Bev54
(10,039 posts)3. I think this is not because of capitalism as much as it is nefarious actors.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)4. If there is no profit incentive, people won't act nefariously
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Budi
(15,325 posts)6. Why the Moneyed Corporate Media chose "anybody but Hilary Clinton"
She campaigned on ending Citizens United & strengthening & reinstalling the Fairness Doctrine.
Her policies would hurt their bottom line.
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