• AlexLost@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    They do, it’s called a lobbyist and every politician is owned by some business interest or another

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      3 days ago

      “You can’t tax companies because that would be like double taxing the people”

      Then the companies go on to legally lobby politicians when people have a max donation of 10k, and companies can now pretty much “donate” unlimited amounts.

      …is that not double(+) representation with singular taxation?