• pigup@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Met a dude in 2015 who was a lobbyist for Boeing in DC. I heard he made 750k a year back then. He must be a really good educator!

    • floppade [he/him]@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      And I know lobbyists who are just regular people who looked up the process and did it. I’m not advocating for it, just giving context.

      There are other examples of programs and policies being used in this way. Now, to me, the question is whether or not they are intended to easily abused by design. I don’t have the knowledge to say one way or another. However, as previously stated, it’s obviously being used as a bribery under another name.