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You've got a point, if Elon did this for the right people would be screaming corruption, paying people only if they agree to vote the way you want them to is shady as fuck regardless of which side is doing it
I'm probably just joining you in getting dogpiled here but oh well
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not, because Elon actually is doing that.
In both these cases, the payment technically isn't directly for voting for a specific candidate. The payment is for an unrelated action that only someone voting for your candidate would agree with. Either way, still smells bad.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/10/07/elon-musks-pac-is-paying-47-for-each-solicited-petition-signature-from-a-swing-state-voter-heres-why-its-controversial/
I'm not being sarcastic, and I don't follow American politics that closely so I didn't know about this. I also don't see why people think the right response to that is to just do the same thing though
Because being this blunt about it will likely get it made illegal.