jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agoThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treatwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1external-linkThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treatwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square158fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareexanime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoregular federal officials were up for sale way before this… the combined “corporations are people” and “money is free speech” nonsense meant anyone can openly throw money at anyone up for election and that’s A-OK because free speech
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI meant more like non elected officials, like a Contracting Officer.
minus-squareexanime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agowho cares about those?, when the Secretaries and all the high level officials running everything can be bought
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoBecause you get things easier and faster that way.
regular federal officials were up for sale way before this… the combined “corporations are people” and “money is free speech” nonsense meant anyone can openly throw money at anyone up for election and that’s A-OK because free speech
I meant more like non elected officials, like a Contracting Officer.
who cares about those?, when the Secretaries and all the high level officials running everything can be bought
Because you get things easier and faster that way.