What about money buying politicians? Does that not count?
I mean under the guise of “supporting a campaign”
What I’m concerned about here is the following scenario: A company that produces sub par military equipment supports a senators campaign fund. The senator returns the favor by using his influence to get government contracts for that company instead of a competing company that produces superior equipment. All perfectly legal.
Is this a far fetched scenario? To my knowledge, it’s the way business is done in Washington. Could this lead to the military waisting money on equipment they don’t need or worse using equipment that gets troops killed? It most likely does every day.
If the author can come up with some alternative way to address this issue, I would be all in favor of whatever he proposes.
