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jstanleytoday at 3:28 PM2 repliesview on HN

2 consecutive pro-corruption governments


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pstuarttoday at 5:50 PM

I give Dems a partial pass -- in that their leadership engages in what I consider to be genteel corruption like being soft on monopolies and other less palatable but "business as usual" type of bullshit.

This is versus and administration that is aggressively doing no-bid contract to family and friends, complete disregard for the emoluments clause of the constitution, etc.

Note: the nature of a 2-party system, along with laissez-faire campaign finance laws, is practically designed for legislative corruption. Unfortunately the only people who can change it are the ones who profit from it.

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nekusartoday at 4:48 PM

2?

2?!

I can easily think of lots of corruption of the following: Trump, Biden, Trump, Obama, W Bush, Clinton, H Bush, Reagan.

Everybody follows neoliberal economics, and enables loads of corruption for their friends, families, and allies. All of them did that.

They ALL have been corrupt. The target of who the corruption is for changes.

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