jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoThe Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treatwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down115cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.24Karrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square158fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down3·6 months agoDefine bribe and you’ll start to see where enforcing this becomes a problem. Especially with legalized corruption in the form of lobbying and ‘gifts’.
minus-squarefeannag@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up43·6 months agoWell, federal officials are already forbidden from accepting gifts/anything valued more than $25 in one instance, and no more than $100 a year from any one group or person. Enforcing that seems like a good place to start.
minus-squarenilloclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoBillionaires can just make a coupon thousand shell orgs to funnel $100ks into their pockets.
Define bribe and you’ll start to see where enforcing this becomes a problem. Especially with legalized corruption in the form of lobbying and ‘gifts’.
Well, federal officials are already forbidden from accepting gifts/anything valued more than $25 in one instance, and no more than $100 a year from any one group or person. Enforcing that seems like a good place to start.
Billionaires can just make a coupon thousand shell orgs to funnel $100ks into their pockets.