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Originally Posted by SebC
Wenzel made himself look like an enemy of the general public by being and enemy of the general public (and getting caught). Nenshi just made the spotlight on him a little brighter.
We're talking about special interests who lobby for inefficient market subsidies, try to buy friendly governments by funding their campaigns, and try to do it without the public finding out (or mislead the public with spin and rhetoric). When those guys get their subsidies, it comes at a cost to taxpayers. There's no win-win here. Their gain is the city's loss... so in that sense, they are enemies, and thus portraying them as such is merely accurate. They're attacking our fiscal sustainability, environmental sustainability, and the integrity of our democracy.
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Well at least there's no hyperbole in this thread.
I will just note that business contributing to candidates they support isn't actually attacking the integrity of our democracy. People who do nothing, don't vote and have no idea about what is going on do far more to erode our democracy than a concerned businessman that you disagree with.