• RedstoneValley
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    “Is a $100 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card for a trash collector wrongful?” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the court’s opinion. “What about a $200 Nike gift card for a county commissioner who voted to fund new school athletic facilities? Could students take their college professor out to Chipotle for an end-of-term celebration?”

    In my country government employees (including teachers) can’t legally accept gifts above €10 in value. All of these examples would be illegal here. Sounds petty, but anti-corruption laws are pretty strict for a reason.

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      He gave hypotheticals with very clear and pretty easy answers. The fact that he posed those as stumbling blocks means he shouldn’t be deliberating on anything more significant than what he should have for lunch.

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      Federal ethics guidelines are $20 of value and it can’t be a cash equivalent (gift card).

      These clowns are so out of touch.

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        Actually, they are in touch. In touch with fascism. Won’t be long now. Soon enough we get to spend the next four years guessing. “Will there be a 2028 election?” Don’t you worry, there will be an, “election.” Just like Russia has an election. Sorry guys, it’s all but over. I hoped you liked having rights. Thank God I don’t have fucking children.

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      Financial institutions have a TON of regulations against this sort of thing. You can’t accept gifts, you can’t serve on a board if there’s a conflict of interest, you can’t take politicians out for dinner, etc. This is seriously fucked up. Shit is going to get even more corrupt, but now they don’t have to hide it.