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Re:Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on muni... by hourislate on Thursday June 17, 2021 @12:48PM (#27541653)
>It's not even clear who proposed the new law

I'm going to speculate that it's some state legislator who put this in and probably got $1000 dollars in a campaign contribution, a golf game, a dinner and a hooker for the night. That is all it takes to buy a politician these days. The only reason for any uproar is it's now in the open and they're catching shit for it while trying to distance themselves from it. We continuously elect the most stupid, undesirable, corrupt people to represent us at every level of Government.

Thank you ATT, Verizon, Spectrum

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Re:Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on muni... by phkahler on Thursday June 17, 2021 @01:38PM (#27542221)
>> I'm going to speculate that it's some state legislator who put this in and probably got $1000 dollars in a campaign contribution, a golf game, a dinner and a hooker for the night. That is all it takes to buy a politician these days.

That's the challenge. When you put someone in charge of money or rules that are not theirs, they become an amplifier for anyone who can find the gate. The problem is that for a big system, someone has to be in charge/have control over it. How do we design it so they actually have the public interest in mind?

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