LogFAQs > #913769871

From the point of view of what should be, not what the law is right now, I don't think anything we've found is half as clear as Trump's own tweet asking for Putin to release Hillary's emails (which he could only have obtained through successful spying). That's right out in the open. We should make up our minds on whether that is okay or not.

It's not. However, as I understand it, the defense is "Trump was only joking so it doesn't count".

I really don't see any difference between getting money from international corporations and foreign governments.

International corporations exist for the benefit of their owners/stockholders, who may well be American. They are not governments and do not directly compete with our own government. Foreign governments, however, exist for the benefit of their own citizens (or leaders, possibly), who are typically not also American citizens.

With that said, I would agree that politicians should not be able to accept donations from international corporations. Or from corporations in general. The employees and stockholders of a corporation can still contribute, of course, should they choose to do so. But to oversimplify: if corporate donations are not a net profit, they're a betrayal of the stockholders, and if they are a net profit, then they're bribery for kickback. Either way I don't see any good reason to permit them.
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