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To: TobagoJack who wrote (179612)10/22/2021 5:44:29 AM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218882
 
<<$500,000>>

Doesn't cost much to get senior USA officials to jump through appropriate hoops these days.

By comparison...

Dogecoin price today, DOGE to USD live, marketcap and chart | CoinMarketCap

The joke coin Doge had a $1.5B 24-hour trading volume of $1,538,056,925 USD yesterday , real dollars or leveraged, it's all the same in the end.

In other words, senior USA government officials currently not worth even 1 percent of joke coin Doge 24 hour volume.

Maybe that will change. Perhaps even soon? I think there is a possibility.

One can only hope at this stage.



To: TobagoJack who wrote (179612)10/22/2021 9:28:04 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218882
 
Vice President Spiro Agnew was taking $5,000 bribes in the White House that he had also collected while he

was governor of Maryland.

Cheap is the word!

COURT SAYS AGNEW TOOK BRIBES; ORDERS REPAYMENT
nytimes.com › 1981/04/28 › court-says-agne...

Apr 28, 1981 — Agnew took thousands of dollars in bribes from contractors while he was Governor of Maryland and Vice President. The judge then ordered Mr.
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If true, seems the US governance authority is inexpensive, and certainly more value-packed than hiring lawyers.