Yea, But Bribing American Officials is a Whole ‘Nother Thing
Remember Sheldon Adelson? The Las Vegas guy who spent $150 million dollars to help Republicans in the last election?
You know, the guy who looks like a cross between Jabba the Hutt and The Godfather? That guy.
Well, Darlin’, he rolled the dice and came up about $150 million dollars short.
Plus, he’s had to admit to the Securities and Exchange Commission that his Las Vegas Sands Corporation “likely violated a federal law against bribing foreign officials.”
It seems that Sheldon admits to bribing Chinese government officials to expand his business in China. The total amount of the bribe? $700,000.
Now that’s a far cry from the $150,000,000 he used to bribe Republicans to expand his wealth. Only difference is that that’s perfectly legal in the United States of America.
Is this a great country, or what?
You need three more zeroes in the number for the Republican bribes.
1The excuse will be: “Too old to jail” – he could share cell with Bernie Madoff and leave room for Jamie Dimon, etal.
2This is not the end of Sheldon’s legal problems. The man spent 150 million to make sure he had a President in his pocket. He’s got more than 150 million at stake. Almost guaranteed!
3Gee, it costs more to bribe American elected officials.
4Have you ever noticed casinos rarely file bankruptcy? That’s why I don’t gamble. I’d rather spend my money at a local eatery, or good entertainment.
5I sometimes wonder what the 1% could possibly find to do with all that money. “Try to buy the US government so you can get even more obscenely rich” is one answer, I guess.
6He seems to be awfully old. Perhaps his heirs might have to step in and claim dementia.
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