Costco @lemmy.world Beaver @lemmy.ca 3 mo. ago

Costco’s contributions

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Corporations and businesses can’t vote, so they shouldn’t be able to donate or lobby. Let the employees, owners, and shareholders donate out of their own pockets instead.
- Citizens United is the framework for some of the worst trends in US politics, but peoples main election concern is tHe eConOmY.
  
  The fix to God King presidents is also the fix to Citizens United.
  
  I imagine they either both get fixed due to the same action, or they both never get fixed.
  
  I don't think it's a one or the other situation.
Wonder who that 4% went to
- Here's your answer
  
  Omg
  
  He's the only black guy in the room lmao
  
  Idk who some of those people are but the one pointing to Costco isn't the CEO of Costco..neither is the one pointing to Koch. Zoom in.
  
  This doesn't irk me.
  
  If you're an industry leader, and the executive branch of the government extends invitation, you go.
  
  Many of the folks in the photo have their own, unique sins. Presence on initiation in the Whitehouse is not a sin, on its own.
  
  To the man himself, wild
  
  Is the black guy ben carson?
- Good Unite Us says those numbers are based on donations of the organization or senior employees. I don't know what they consider senior employees, but OpenSecrets has a full breakdown of what individuals affiliated with Costco donated and to whom. Democrats get way higher average contributions, so I'm assuming a lot of that is coming from people higher on the org chart who can afford to donate that much to a campaign. A lot of people donated smaller amounts to Trump, though.
- He is a nice guy
Yeah we buy politicians but they're the blue ones so it's all good
- good or bad, this is the system we live in. you can choose to vote with your wallet knowing that your dollars are less likely to be put towards policies you disagree with.
  
  Anything to keep money out red hands like the supreme court
  
  Ah, yes, good corruption.

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