• Ledivin@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    How much do you think automakers are bribing the GOP with? My guess is it’s only like $10k each, I bet politicians are cheap af in Michigan.

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      Based on other reports of US bribery, it might not even be that much. Politicians seem to be on sale for shockingly little money sometimes, especially at the local level.

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      I once had lunch with a guy who was formerly a lobbyist for Mizzou. He said it was easy af to bribe state politicians. A lot of times he would just give them season tickets to Mizzou games.

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    Rep. Donni Steele, R-Orion Township, similarly argued any spare money in the transportation budget should go to filling potholes and improving roads. “Regular people don’t care about electric bikes,” Steele said in a statement.

    Wikipedia says:

    [Orion] township hosts General Motors’ Orion Assembly plant which produces small cars and EV pickup trucks.

    Nope, no bias there whatsoever. Couldn’t possibly be any. Not one iota. Nada.

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      Spare money going to reduce road use IS fixing potholes.

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    GOP is like the Israel lobby, constant melt downs over nothing burgers while committing crimes.

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    whats funny is 3mil is low for transportation costs. any us of the bikes over cars will likely prevent more potholes than the money could fix.