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Re:Microsoft is tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in f... by taxyz23 on Saturday March 26, 2022 @04:01PM (#30814862)
This is very misleading particularly for those not familiar US laws. If you want to say publicly disclosed campaign contributions with no quid pro quo is bribery than say so but that's not most people's definition of bribery. Democracy requires campaigns and campaigns require money.
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Re:Microsoft is tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in f... by worik on Sunday March 27, 2022 @02:17PM (#30822595)
> If you want to say publicly disclosed campaign contributions with no quid pro quo is bribery than say so but that's not most people's definition of bribery.

No. It is the "I will vote for this law if you contribute this much". In my country (New Zealand) that would get you jail time. Because it is bribery

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