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Re:A $300k Salary Feels Like $100k in the Priciest US Cities by satvikpendem on Thursday April 20, 2023 @09:19PM (#35648735)
The people who can influence aren't making merely 300k, and they certainly aren't caring much about the cost of their influence.
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Re:A $300k Salary Feels Like $100k in the Priciest US Cities by JumpCrisscross on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:21PM (#35649090)
> people who can influence aren't making merely 300k, and they certainly aren't caring much about the cost of their influence

I’ve seen billionaires quibble over ca. $25k tables. And $300k gives you enough to, outside tier 1 cities, access, if not be kingmaker on, state politics on the patrician track. The cartoon impression of American high politics is stupidly off, starting with how coördinated it presumes the system to be.

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