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To: i-node who wrote (958183)	8/21/2016 9:44:30 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1577108

Sorry to burst your bubble, but those 14 points are pretty close to whatever a political scientist will tell you. You can quibble about some of the points, but they are pretty solid. I tie fascism to the Right because political scientists do. There are no ties to the Left, except that some of the leaders were leftists at an early age. I grant you that there are wingnut sites that claim differently. But they have no credibility given their tendency to just make shit up. Much like yourself. At to honest, rational argument, that is projection for you You haven;t made a honest argument for years. Much less a rational one.

To: i-node who wrote (958183)	8/21/2016 11:25:15 PM
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To: i-node who wrote (958183)	8/21/2016 11:46:14 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577108

in an open society like the U.S., our brightest minds are unable to draw meaningful distinctions between handing someone an envelope full of cash and flooding a senator’s campaign war chest, except to point out that lobbying is far more effective. A briber wants a to circumvent the law. A lobbyist wants to change it. The fact that laws affect everyone supposedly makes lobbying more legitimate, since the lobbyist isn’t typically asking for special treatment the way a briber does. But maybe that’s the problem. Someone who pays a bribe might be rich, powerful and dangerous, but they’re also uniquely vulnerable. They open themselves to extortion by the corrupt official they’re using, for example. Harstad and Svensson write: “Promises by individual bureaucrats not to ask (or extort) bribes in the future are not credible, since such contracts cannot be written when corruption is illegal and because firms deal with different officials over time.” The lobbyist takes no such risk. The lobbyist’s goal is to make the government official depend on them for financing and support in elections. A bribe works once. Cajoling or inducing a congressional representative to help get a law changed is the gift that keeps on giving.