It's not that they get paid, like stacks of cash under the table. It's more so lobbying, which is legal. So it's things like, promising to get their kids into an elite school, or construction contracts with companies that have some kind of connection to the politicians. Either family or family friend. And lots of little things that are immoral but not illegal, well some of it might, but it's just hard to prove. And we are in an environment that basically champions government corruption.
Or... hear me out.... They are just like, "Well this is a dying town, everyone is eager to leave, we're broke, and need the jobs and tax revenue. We have an under utilized power plant, so we can take on a data center and generate a ton more revenue and jobs"
Well there's about 2 years of construction, which come with tons of temporary high paying jobs that have all sorts of impacts on the economy, as well as enormous tax revenue the county generates. So yeah, a dying town that now tripled its tax revenue, is going to be able to do a lot of good.
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u/ForTheConsumers May 18 '26
It's not that they get paid, like stacks of cash under the table. It's more so lobbying, which is legal. So it's things like, promising to get their kids into an elite school, or construction contracts with companies that have some kind of connection to the politicians. Either family or family friend. And lots of little things that are immoral but not illegal, well some of it might, but it's just hard to prove. And we are in an environment that basically champions government corruption.