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0 pointsjstewartmobile6y ago0 comments

Oh my sweet summer child! This is how the world works. Look at the governors, the congress, the president!

The disconnect is that you are approaching this as someone who is A) spending his own money, and B) not a dummy.

Soaking the taxpayer for "just" a few hundred thousand for a nice steak dinner happens all the time. They're state employees. It's not their money, and it's not like they're going to get fired for it.

edit: EVIDENCE. used to be married to a professor on textbook committee. textbook selection time is always a month of upscale dining. for higher-rent example, look at the epstein/ito/lessig saga at MIT. befriend sales guys at any big company, and they can give you examples from morning to midnight. open your eyes. it is hidden in plain sight.

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AnimalMuppet6y ago· 1 in thread

"This is just how the world works" is not evidence. Since you seem unwilling to present any, I'm going to assume that you have none.

jstewartmobileOP6y ago

and since the rate-limit is probably off by now, i will continue:

- we have a website to track how hard the doctors are being bribed to prescribe certain medications. they were probably bribed even harder before the disclosure requirement.

- we have F-35 project--over a trillion in development according to some sources. many reports that it loses to its 40-yr-old predecessor. one only needs to look at the revolving-door between military brass and defense contractors to see how this happens. money doesn't even need to change hands while they're employed by the government--just dangle a juicy board position for when they "retire"

- in a similar vein, remember the number bob rubin pulled in the citibank/travelers merger

- DC is poster child for dropping a few hundred K through lobbyists and campaign contributions, then getting millions in return for it.

of course, none of this could ever happen in public education.

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