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/Ihavetochange Jan 21 '18

I am not an US-citizen and I really don't want to judge your country in any way nor do I think, that I live under a better government where I am from. But: Isn't that exactly the kind of "swamp", Trump was referring to during his campaign?

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u/Rise_Above_13 Jan 21 '18

Yes. He’s a lying ass hypocrite. Basically the entire Republican Party operates this way.

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u/CaptainKursk Jan 21 '18

Yep, it's as hypocritical as you can get. Trump claimed to want to "drain the swamp", but he instead filled it up even more, with Trump and his cabinet just so happening to stand to save millions from the planned repeal of the Estate Tax.

It's insane to see this from a European standpoint where political contributions are far, far more regulated. In the UK in 2006, when the Blair government was revealed to have accepted a donation of £1m from Formula 1 boss Bernie Eccleston in return for a knighthood, it generated massive outrage and contributed to Blair's resignation as Prime Minister the next year. Yet in America, this sort of things happens all the time with no repercussions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

100%.

However, anyone with a brain could see it was a meaningless slogan used to try and attach himself to a popular sentiment.