Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

  • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    1 day ago

    “When the money isn’t disclosed, it’s not clear how much everybody is giving, who is giving it and what they are getting in return for their donations,”

    When you give money with expectation of something in return, it’s not a donation. Isn’t it time we started calling it what it is?

  • frezik@midwest.social
    13·
    1 day ago

    Just in general, why is the transition funded by private donors at all? No matter who takes the office, it’s a necessary part of running the government, and should be handled by public money. Having private money do it is always an opening for corruption.

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      17 hours ago

      Because the people who benefit from corruption are not the same people as those that are victims of corruption.

    • Tower@lemm.ee
      5·
      23 hours ago

      That’s how it’s supposed to work, but it’s predicated on the incoming administration doing certain things, like signing ethics documents. Trump’s team is refusing to do this.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      Because people who openly and legally accept bribes to get into office make the laws, so they’re going to make laws that benefit the people who are bribing them.