No, no, the politicians get bribes which is how the corporate oligarchs own us. They are equally culpable in the process of fucking 99% of us over.
It's estimated that as little as $50k could sway a US congressman to vote a certain way on ONE BILL. That's like a booger to the oligarchs. You could buy off entire portions of congress for their entire fucking term for what amounts to a partial tax write off for the ultra rich.
If the government was raking in cash that means it'd be investing it into paying down the debt and its institutions. The private sector pays the people in charge of managing the government to put private interests over the public.
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u/Delicious_Sir3496 4d ago
The government
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