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Step-By-Step Guide to Buy a Senator
(lemmy.whynotdrs.org)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/399058
- Donate the maximum amount legally allowed (as an individual).
- Tell the Member that you would like to become a bundler.
(A bundler is a person or small group of people who pool or aggregate contributions "from the community" and then deliver them in one lump sum to a political campaign).
- Once you have raised a sizeable amount, deliver the money to the Senator so they can use it wisely. In turn, ~~trade stock options based on insider information to the tune of millions~~, be super glad that you helped the democratic process!
1% vs the 99%
I think the most disappointing thing about it is how cheap they all are to buy. You'd expect them to be bribed in the millions, but it's always a couple of thousand here, a couple of thousand there.
Turns out the most unrealistic thing about Clay Davis from The Wire, is how much he took.