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Leslieann:
--- Quote from: noisyturtle on Fri, 10 January 2025, 07:24:33 ---Can anyone please explain why companies are giving money to the Trump inauguration? I really do not understand their perceived obligation. Is there a law that they have to? And how is it determined how much the event will cost, and why is that not covered by the government? I'm quite confused.
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They're bending the knee (I.E. covering their a$$).
This is a guy who doesn't play by the rules, likes revenge and is easily manipulated by money, get on his bad side and he's going to make it rough on your company. On the other hand, get on his good side and you can do almost anything you want business-wise and maybe even get him to mess with your competition. A million dollars is a drop in the bucket for these companies and could save their company billions later from baseless investigations and lawsuits.
Leslieann:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 10 January 2025, 08:34:34 ---The democrats do the exact same thing. They all got call centers where the office holders go and "grift" rich people for "donations".
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No, just no.
Calling and asking is one thing, calling and telling them it would be a shame if the FTC/SEC/DOJ/Congress/etc investigated your company but they can make it all go away for a small donation is not the same.
Stop with the both sides B.S., one side is very clearly playing by a different set of rules.
tp4tissue:
--- Quote from: Leslieann on Fri, 10 January 2025, 08:47:52 ---
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 10 January 2025, 08:34:34 ---The democrats do the exact same thing. They all got call centers where the office holders go and "grift" rich people for "donations".
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No, just no.
Calling and asking is one thing, calling and telling them it would be a shame if the FTC/SEC/DOJ/Congress/etc investigated your company but they can make it all go away for a small donation is not the same.
Stop with the both sides B.S., one side is very clearly playing by a different set of rules.
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Llann, this is not true, Politicians ALL demand compensation, the only difference here is demeanor. Trump just has an ugly personality about it.
Getting anything done in business involves grift of some sort. Just the other week, Tp4 was called out by another company with a warehouse problem, they had an improperly built drainage, and was getting ingress of groundwater, it's not severe, but it's clearly not regulation. WHY was Tp4 called, well, he's gud' @ recognizing the engineering requirements, but also, he can solve problems such as this much cheaper in other ways.
Calls up the right people, merely 6 benjamins into the right hands, and bam, approved.
fohat.digs:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 10 January 2025, 09:18:21 ---
Calls up the right people, merely 6 benjamins into the right hands, and bam, approved.
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Remember that TP4 lives in New Jersey.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/9/2296027/-Google-joins-tech-giants-throwing-money-at-Trump-s-inauguration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil
fohat.digs:
https://geediting.com/mal-things-a-manipulator-will-do-when-you-call-them-out-on-their-behavior/
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