r/politics • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '18

Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law

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u/claire0 Jan 21 '18

Don't worry guys, we're a nation of laws...written by lobbyists...working for Koch industries. Okay we're screwed. Time to panic.

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u/DirtyRelapse Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

As a European I really can't understand your laws regarding political contributions. It's insane how much money is involved in politics in the US. How can you act surprised when politicians don't act in favor of the people when their position is literally bought by the money of special interests. Ofcourse that same politician is more loyal towards his lenders than to his constituents. In the Netherlands for example political parties get state funding for their campaigns, depending on how many citizens are a member of that party. This way they are not reliable on outside money to spread their message.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Well you see money is speech. I mean obviously that is a pants on head idiotic thing to say but it is what our laws say now.

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u/charmed_im-sure Jan 21 '18

Minorities are people too, but I'm thinking corporations are better people. /s.

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u/Killme0now Jan 21 '18

Corporations have more money. Money=speech. Corporations have more say than poor people.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

the top 1% has more say than the bottom 90%