Re:Who employs your doctor? Increasingly, a private equity firm
by lobocinza on Monday July 17, 2023 @06:43PM
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IMO both are the same. They will take bribes when they can get away with it. In Brazil lobbying is illegal but prevalent and politicians hardly goes to jail and if they go is only because they where being incovenient to their peers. And voters most of the time are clueless and only care about corruption when the other side is doing it. Government main business is expropriating others wealth and redistributing among themselves and their friends.
1. In Europe and UK, bribery (Let's not sugercoat it as "lobbying". We all know what it is.) is illegal. So people will just do it secretly. In other words, legislation doesn't prevent bad things, in this case, bribery, from happening.
2. In the US, bribery is legal, but hiding the records is illegal. So people will make it public. In other words, legislation does prvent bad things, in this case, covert bribery, from happening.
I guess legislation is just so much more effective in the US.