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[–] 3 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

I hate the orange turd but your comparison is not 100% right. He'd gift 5000$ to everyone, not just who voted for him. I think that's still illegal tho

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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    It's not illegal. He gave out those COVID dividend checks and it was the most popular thing he's ever done. It's just a gross incentive for votes. The government needs that money for governance activities. It's like ripping the bathtub out of someone's house and gifting it to them "for free!"

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago (1 child)

    I mean it's probably not typically allowed under any normal laws and regulations, but they can always find a loop hole to do something like that in a legalish manner (like under a state of emergency, or with an executive order SCOTUS upholds, or hijacking a program meant for something else).

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago (1 child)

    I hate the orange turd and your observation is about 100% wrong. He will not pay anyone. He will keep the money himself.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago*

    I didn't mean he'd give a dime to anybody given the fact that he's a pathological liar but he didn't say "I will give 5000$ to those who vote for me" but "I will give 5000$ to everyone". And since I'm not a lawyer I don't know if that's illegal to say, as opposed to give "gifts" to only those who vote for a certain party

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