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>Subject: Rachel #680: MONEY RULES
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>=======================Electronic Edition========================
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>. RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #680 .
>. ---December 16, 1999--- .
>. HEADLINES: .
>. MONEY RULES .
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>In April, the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for the wealthy
>to curry favor with government officials. The court ruled that
>substantial gifts to a government official are legal unless the
>official performs a "specific official act" in return for the
>gift.
I can't believe this. And I don't know how I managed to miss hearing
about it before. Should we regard this as the moment when democracy
finally died in the US? Long live the Monetocracy.
-Pete Vincent
