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Showing Original Post only (View all)North Carolina Legalizes Call Girls For Politicians [View all]
I kid you not. Large donations of cash must have become boring.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/27/gifts-for-politicians/
North Carolinas State Ethics Committee has just opened up a major problem for their state they just made it legal for lobbying firms to purchase prostitutes to service politicians. The Committees determination that sex had no value and that sex between a lobbyist and politician was nothing to report or in any way questionable means that a major loophole has opened up for lobbying firms. Now lobbying firms can hire people with the explicit goal to seduce and fornicate with politicians in order to garner favor.
In other terms, lobbying firms can hire prostitutes for politicians, and they dont even need to register.... More
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I thought it was satire at first and had to go back to read the article again.
Skidmore
Feb 2015
#12
It just occurred to me that this is also a way for lobbyists to secretly photograph or
Cal33
Feb 2015
#16