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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by merinowool on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @08:58AM (#17354906)
Surely they don't hand over cash, I didn't mean that, but they give benefits by different means.
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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by Filligree on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:11AM (#17355006)
The main benefit they give is to explain technical concepts in terms the politicians understand.

Sometimes that's a "benefit", but that's when calling them yourself helps the most.

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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by merinowool on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:32AM (#17355149)
That benefit could also be a card to anonymous account in tax haven.
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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by ameister14 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:06PM (#17356652)
Well, they have in the past:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_cash_for_influence_scanda...

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