Is it even legal for a political candidate to give voters large cash payments? There's a world in which that could be described as... graft?
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Yang's UBI doesn't only go to his supporters.
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Exactly. One has institutional sanction and the other is just a sleazy seduction technique.
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What about promising wealth distribution programs while seeking office?
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its a minute difference; direct bribe vs indirect bribe. apply this logic to politicians turned lobbyists. would you not consider these politicians bought by those industries?
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It's a sweepstakes without strings attached so I can see how it's totally legal. Similar sweepstakes have been used in the past to reimburse travel expenses to DNC convention.
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I keep saying that Trump should just promise to give everyone $5,000/month if they vote Trump.
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Well... It is... But, this country isn't adult enough for that conversation.
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I remember Bush promised and then gave us $500 as a Tax refund or credit.
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I growingly see these small checks (local initiative is $14/wk) evenly distributed to all as scraps & a cynical maneuver to undermine further material change / services for the poor. It’s like Nike handing out T-shirts to schoolkids rather than being taxed heavily to fund schools
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“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.” ― H.L. Mencken
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if the auctioning is to give back to peploe, sign me up!
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It would take the weak-ass FEC to stop it.https://www.npr.org/2019/08/31/756323244/fec-chair-lack-of-quorum-is-completely-unacceptable …
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This is just a formal question. It shouldn't come from campaign funds. Otherwise it's on the level of a tax deductible lottery.
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Why is this only an issue when the money goes to most or all Americans? But somehow when massive wealth is redistributed from the bottom to the top through tax policy, bailouts, and corrupt deficit spending, somehow that's OK. Trickle down is fine, but growing up is socialism.
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When politicians promise huge tax cuts to their rich backers, and policies that will force Americans into enriching energy, pharmaceutical, military, and insurance industries that hold artificial monopolies. How's that not buying votes and support?
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That's a minor distinction.
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