• stebo
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    31 hour ago

    Remember when he donated $1 mil to Team Trees? Good times…

  • @[email protected]
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    133 hours ago

    US government gives multi multi billionaire most of his money, billionaire turns around and gives it to Republicans. how’s your money in politics working, is it good?

    • @khannie
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      42 hours ago

      It’s trickle down economics in action.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 hour ago

        trickle down

        Yeah like piss, republican politicians are squealing little piss pigs, oink oink fuckers

  • @[email protected]
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    244 hours ago

    Let’s say he donated the highest amount of 6 figure (i didn’t read the article), 999,999. His net worth is at 260 billion, would be the same as me donating $2.50 in regards to my net worth, and i consider myself technically pretty okay money wise. It’s absurd how much billions are…

  • Kalkaline
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    295 hours ago

    It’s absurd that politicians are allowed to accept campaign contributions from individuals and corporations. Campaigns should be publicly funded.

    • @TallonMetroid
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      Campaigns being explicitly publicly funded would also have the benefit that if the fatcats want to contribute more*, they’d need to pay more taxes!

      *while still not getting to choose who they’re actually contributing to, because eat the rich

    • @Omgarm
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      135 hours ago

      The corporations is especially crazy. An individual supporting the democratic process makes sense. They are the ones voting. But a business doesn’t vote.

      • Pennomi
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        125 hours ago

        An individual supporting with hard limits to prevent a plutocracy makes sense.

    • themadcodger
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      34 hours ago

      But won’t someone think of the poor corporations?! What about their free speech?

      • Roberts, probably. I didn’t actually read citizens united.
      • @breadsmasher
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        12 hours ago

        Ill believe corporations are “people” when one gets executed

    • kn0wmad1c
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      23 hours ago

      America has been an oligarchy since corporations were given lobby rights into politics.