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Now your Honor, I may be a simple country lawyer; but my client here isn't running an illegal lottery to influence an election. He's running a fraudulent illegal lottery to influence an election. (hexbear.net)
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[โ€“] Asafum@feddit.nl 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"but.... But... Your honor we're just doing what we do for all politicians! Biased judge!! We don't bribe politicians, we pay them a salary as they work as advisors for us after ~~they serve us~~ working in government! How is this different!? A loophole is a loophole!!"

[โ€“] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

Actual bullshit artists will use a lot of words to try to explain that lobbying isn't just ritualized bribery.