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Originally Posted by HarryT
It doesn't seem a terribly constructive way of doing things to me but, there again, I was watching as an outside observer.
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Trust me, Harry: It doesn't make much sense to us, either.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't know if it made the news in the US, but we had a huge political scandal a couple of years ago called the "Cash for Honours" affair, where all the main political parties here were accused (absolutely rightly) of giving people "honours" (ie being made a Knight or a Lord, etc) in return for a large donation to the political party (I should explain that each party has the traditional right to nominate a certain number of people for "honours" every year, but it's supposed to be for their achievements, not for giving money to the party!).
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In the U.K., they get "honours." In the U.S., they get "tax breaks." Then they buy their mansions and live like Lords. Pretty much the same deal.
I watched the debates, got fed up over the candidates' refusal to even abide by their own debating rules (not they were really debating anything), and turned it off.