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When bribery is 'politics as usual.'

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Bernard Goldberg
Jun 06, 2022
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It’s funny how politics works in this country. I mean, if a voter bribes a politician, the guy passing money under the table to get special treatment from the pol could wind up in prison for a long time. But if a politician makes a deal not with one voter, but with millions of them, by offering goodies in exchange for their votes, it’s not called “bribe…

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