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Re:Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging t... by infamouscow on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @01:21PM (#41513429)
The places that don't have bribery call it lobbying.

That way, the politicians can look down on other governments for the lack of sophistication in their corruption.

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Re:Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging t... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @02:30PM (#41514015)
> places that don't have bribery call it lobbying

You're describing people without a civics education. Bribes (direct or promised after term), campaign contributions (direct and via PACs) and lobbying (direct and paid) are categorically distinct.

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Re:Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging t... by PeterCorless on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @02:36PM (#41514062)
Reminder a certain political group are trying to make bribery legal in the U.S. by calling it a "tip."
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Re:Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging t... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @02:43PM (#41514131)
> Reminder a certain political group are trying to make bribery legal in the U.S. by calling it a "tip"

Source? (My search keeps turning up Tip O'Neill.)

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Re:Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging t... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @02:46PM (#41514166)
I suspect they are referring to the recent US Supreme Court decision.
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Re:Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging t... by PeterCorless on Thursday September 12, 2024 @05:05PM (#41525565)
Yes. Two issues, really. First, high wealth individuals could accept "tips" to get paid millions without any tax. And you could "tip" a Congressperson and it would not be called a bribe.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/sen-ted-cruzs-no-ta...

https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2024/07/us-sup...

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Re:Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging t... by Y_Y on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @02:02PM (#41513771)
> The places that don't have bribery

This is an interesting sci-fi premise, but hard to imagine.

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