alt Hacker News> That doesn't seem like enough to entirely shape worldwide discourse around nutrition and sugar.
People are often surprised when they find out how little people sell out for. The going rate for a member of congress in 2015 was a little less [0] - about $43,000.
[0] https://truthout.org/articles/you-too-can-buy-a-congressman/
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astura • last Wednesday at 5:00 PM
But buying off a single congressperson is not going to change the worldwide discourse on a topic.
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> The going rate for a member of congress in 2015 was a little less [0] - about $43,000
If that's really the factor that swung the vote, there is more to it than that contribution. There may be a promise of a job after Congress. Or there may be an expectation of continued contributions.
Put another way, if you donate $43,000, you're not going to get a line item in a law. (Counterpoint: I've never donated more than a few thousand in my life, and I've had a hand in multiple state and now three federal laws. A lot of people don't civically engage. If you're the only person calling your elected on a bill they don't care about, and you aren't a nutter, they'll turn you into their de facto staffer on it.)