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That's politics, this shouldn't be a surprise. None of this is remotely illegal as suggested in the comments.
Having your position on issues for sale isn't illegal when you're not in office, but it's certainly not normal politics. It's fuckin' the weird for a politician to openly admit they're for sale.
So you mean to say that most politicians won't change their positions based on their voting blocks demands?
I hate Musk but I can't see how any of this isnt standard fare in all of politics by definition.
Changing policies based on what voters as a whole want is democracy. Changing based on what one voter with a lot of money demands is corruption.
People are saying it should be illegal and the fact that it is legal is an issue that we should fix...
What exactly should be illegal about a politician promising policy changes, that positively affects individuals and those individuals showing their support for that politicians policy? I don't think many of you have thought this through.
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Can you?
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I'm not sure you're sure. How are you sure?
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The part where it's 45 million a month in exchange for "policy" that could make the company 100s of millions of dollars...
But in general, that any billionaire can just pay for the government they want.
So you want to complain about funding, I'd agree. That's not the complaint here or what is being said should be illegal.
That's politics, bitch