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Re:The 1% hide their money offshore, then use it to corrupt ... by enraged_camel on Monday April 11, 2016 @09:55PM (#11476663)
>>What if this was shown not to be the case? Would you still be okay with the inequality?

I would be okay with it, yes.

But since we have mountains upon mountains of evidence to the contrary (i.e. the wealthy corrupt the political system and make it serve their own ends at the expense of others), your hypothetical is rather meaningless.

>>And if it is the case, how does this make you and me worse off in the absolute sense?

Because it goes against the "one person, one vote" principle of democracy.

Re:The 1% hide their money offshore, then use it to corrupt ... by webXL on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @12:24AM (#11477256)
> we have mountains upon mountains of evidence to the contrary

Do you mean the mountains of insinuation and innuendo in that article? Just because the Koch brothers want lower taxes and the people who engaged in these tax avoidance schemes do too, doesn't necessarily mean they are colluding to buy elections.

You might as well claim that Apple and Google are buying political power because of the billions they keep offshore, too. They buy power alright, just like all corporations that want to snuff out competition by influencing the laws in their favor. That also keeps the rich rich. But you don't hear of anybody attacking lobbyists, do you?