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RFCalifornia

(440 posts) Fri Jan 14, 2022, 02:03 PM Jan 2022

Why is anyone surprised when a congressperson, an MP, etc takes foreign money? [View all]

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? [View all] RFCalifornia Jan 2022 OP

I thought there was a law against it??? Bev54 Jan 2022 #1

There is and there will be a loophole RFCalifornia Jan 2022 #2

I think this is not because of capitalism as much as it is nefarious actors. Bev54 Jan 2022 #3

If there is no profit incentive, people won't act nefariously RFCalifornia Jan 2022 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #5

Why the Moneyed Corporate Media chose "anybody but Hilary Clinton" Budi Jan 2022 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #7