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paxys 2 hours ago

In most countries around the world corruption/bribes are necessary for doing business. Companies even account for it on their books. It was about time the US caught up.

amunozo an hour ago | parent [-]

In the US is already legal. It is called lobbying.

afavour a minute ago | parent | next [-]

Lobbyists exist in a lot of countries. It’s only in the US where they’re as problematic as they are.

kulahan 34 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is such an annoying attitude. Who is against the concept of an industry being able to say “are you aware this will decimate the jobs of tens of thousands”?

Catch phrases like this, I swear, are half the reason so many people have a mind an inch deep and a mile wide.

ceejayoz an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There was at least a veneer of legitimacy there.

These days, they just do it with crypto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$Trump