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Democrats donors only fund anti American things
Ballroom Donors Have $279 Billion in Federal Contracts
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Democrats donors only fund anti American things
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How many of these federal contracts were in place for months or years, and not recent contracts based on their donations?$300 billion in federal contracts for for 1/10th of that in donations?
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And the rest have or until recently had cases pending that could have cost them millions in fines and such.
Isn't that what we call "quid pro quo"?
"Most of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in government contracts to federal investigations into their companies,” the Washington Post reports.
“More than half of the companies that donated are facing or have recently faced federal enforcement actions tied to alleged wrongdoing that includes engaging in unfair labor practices, deceiving consumers and harming the environment.”
Ballroom Donors Have $279 Billion in Federal Contracts
"Most of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in government contracts to federal investigations into their companies," the Washington Post reports.politicalwire.com
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You tell us. Why is that relevant? Why should we even care?
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I have no idea, I asked the question. Its relevant in that, if these were long standing contracts, then the idea that they were awarded contracts because of their donations is invalid.
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Which is relevant... how? Not a soul says otherwise.
The idea is that these companies sign multiple contracts, over time, with the government. They also have disputes that come before the executive, like with the FCC and SEC. That they are, quite obviously, attempting to secure favor, even maybe sometime against one another, from a government decision on future contracts, disputes, even laws that have to be signed by the Chief Executive.
It reeks not just of the appearance of impropriety, but of impropriety itself. In this case, it doesn't much matter whether or not any of them gets favorable decisions from the Executive. What matters is their obvious expectation and the obvious complicity of the Executive with their expectation. It goes beyond an ethical nightmare. It's the president doing, in broad daylight, exactly what everyone knows a president shouldn't do.
But some people have to pay the rent by defending it, despite knowing full well what is wrong with it. So here we are.
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If they were giving money to trump, i could see your point, but they are donating to the government to build a ballroom.
Look, corporations give to politicians all the time, through campaign donations, only that money os given directly to the candidate, or their pac/committee. Im sure many of the contracts they get are BECAUSE of those donations.
I agree, get all of the money out of Washington, but, whatever government contracts they have are probably already given because of donations to other politicians.
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The point remains, as personal gain and corruption don't just come in the form of direct payoffs on day one. They aren't stupid. And neither are we. To demand such a standard is obviously and completely absurd and is apparently contrived for this situation, as I doubt you would pull out such a low bar for anyone else.
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Crepitus Fort Fun Indiana against Union Construction jobs at the White House.... This is why you lost and will continue to lose across the swing states and middle America...
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That's all she has, she doesn't research anything for herself, she just follows the talking points of idiots like Sean Hannity, Little Tuck Tuck, etc.
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Then there should be no donations from corporations, or wealthy people in fact, to any political candidate. Can we agree on that?
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That was a rhetorical question. The point being, I doubt new contracts were given as a result of their donations
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Trump isnt getting the money, the government is. What benefit does trump get out of this that all future presidents wont?
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Of course they are... why are you against them getting this long overdue job?...
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