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Re:Statement by Jeff Bezos to the U.S. House Committee on th... by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:42PM (#23983036)
That sounds like it's going to get really messy really fast, especially with the 1st amendment in play. (Not that we shouldn't try, mind, just that it's not an easy thing to fix)
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Re:Statement by Jeff Bezos to the U.S. House Committee on th... by ohazi on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:49PM (#23983084)
It has nothing to do with the first amendment. Money isn't actually speech -- bribery is illegal, after all.

The legislators who have the ability to change the rules around lobbying are at the receiving end of millions of lobbying dollars, and they don't want the money firehose to stop.

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