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Re:Show HN: Send Coal to Congress by _stuart on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @11:40AM (#6560244)
What does sending coal to a congress member do? Why not donate the money to the candidate you think you should be in congress?
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Re:Show HN: Send Coal to Congress by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @12:03PM (#6560401)
> What does sending coal to a congress member do?

Makes money for the person selling the service of sending coal to members of Congress (and, secondarily, for the coal industry.)

> Why not donate the money to the candidate you think you should be in congress?

Because there is no way for someone to throw up a quick service to make money off of that.

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