Comment on DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

• Z745812939054@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  someone did, a week ago lemmy.world/post/52240288

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  • doopen@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So really they said “let’s pay $1.4m on lobbying instead of that $131.5m owed to the workers”

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    • StabbingSky@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, that’s how companies work. It’s always an insultingly low number to buy politicians. During the whole SOPA/Net Neutrality ordeal a decade ago the bribes were often just 4 figures.

      Of course, there’s often bribes that aren’t straight cash.

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