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In reply to the discussion: Cheers, best wishes, and farewell. [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)Pay per post can be very low so many one line posts are a tell, though, obviously, not an infallible one.
I googled once, after someone who worked for the DNC told me the DNC pays posters, as each politician pays at least two or three.
Posting is part of the job in some government jobs. That's been in reliable media sources, some posted at DU. (Though you would never guess that from some of the incredulous posts we see. "What? gambling in Rick's Casino? Paid posters on the largest Democratic board in the USA> Surely, you don't believe anything like that! LMAO.)
However, other kinds of economic incentives exist. A government job that doesn't require posting as part of the job, but does depend on a certain Democrat or Democrats being in office, for example. Ditto a job in the private sector that involves something similar.
And sure, there have problem been assholes mouthing off (and playing innocent) since before money was invented.