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Trump promises every US adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterm elections (www.thejournal.ie)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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He did not say where the money would come from.

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[–] 26 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

In a functioning democracy such an election promise is a crime, but so are Super PACS and gerry-mandering and data scraping from voters via scam sites or abusing of entirely different public databases. Also, in a functioning democracy such crimes get prosecuted.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    In a functioning democracy such an election promise is a crime,

    Not a crime crime. In fact, being able to make election promises with being criminalized is one of the most basic democratic rights. It is similar to how it is democratically correct that being a felon doesn't technically disqualify Trump from running for President.

    But in a functional democracy, such a promise should make the voters absolutely refuse to vote for Trump. It is the equivalent of deliberately taking on credit card debt for unnecessary spending, at a time where you are already almost bankrupt.

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