Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Titus G Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: The insane corruption nobody is talking about Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 17:04:03 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: noone@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:04:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6f7c575df5fe77102ce6f013b0e6f95a"; logging-data="2162095"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19TDNqFZHXeGNTk/1x8+dNQ" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:oYb7oOvujSxu587/JG7kLBrq6Vg= Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2453 On 29/06/24 03:38, James Nicoll wrote: (Subject The insane progress nobody is talking about) > In article , > Paul S Person wrote: snip >> Perhaps a thorough audit focused on where the money is going (ie, how >> many brothers-in-law of various officials are getting the contracts) >> would help. >> >> This is /exactly/ the sort of task a sane Republican would seem to be >> ideal for. > There are no sane Republicans, nor uncorrupt. Corruption is now legal in the US after the ruling authored by Kavanaugh in Snyder v United States last week. ( https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-108_8n5a.pdf ) In summary a bribe is organised and paid prior to some desired behaviour so the court determined that any post-facto payments are simply gratuities and therefore not illegal. A small town mayor, Snyder, asked for $13,000 from a company AFTER it was awarded a town contract, was convicted but now absolved by the Supreme Court of which some members have received substantial benefits from billionaire friends whose interests they protect and assist being similar to their own.