At Trump’s inauguration, reports of a pay-to-pray
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According to the report, if a donor gives $1 million or raises $2 million, they’ll earn six tickets to the suite of inauguration events. |
Apart for the money he pockets from the inauguration*, Donald Trump announced a crypto token that allows people to “transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office,” raising widespread concern among legal ethics experts.
New York Times: “The move by Mr. Trump and his family was immediately condemned by ethics lawyers who said they could not recall a more explicit profiteering effort by an incoming president.
Adav Noti, executive director of Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit ethics group:
It is literally cashing in on the presidency — creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office. It is beyond unprecedented.”
*The exorbitant price of inaugurations — and the fact that inaugural committees can accept unlimited contributions as well as corporate money — make them an ideal way for wealthy special interests to buy political access and influence, ultimately drowning out the voices of everyday Americans.
Moreover, inaugural fund donations are a sure bet; donors know their money is going to the person who will be sitting in the Oval Office.
Both sides are like that. All politicians are the same. Nothing for the people but scraps while the rest of it they keep. Biden campaigned on raising tax rates for the rich. Pay their fair share he said. He didn’t do it. Why?...because the people who right the tax laws are the rich...both sides of the isle.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, you are correct and the reason that those registered with no party affiliation reach a record high of 47% in the fall of 2024. This is over twice as high as either party.
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