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by anon_IT_fed 126 days ago
This is how any large federally funded markets operate in the United States. Businesses pay into trade associations or lobbying groups, and they try to impact public policy to ultimately increase/decrease regulation or get funding in future years. This is just the IT version of that.
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I live and work in the DMV. I get it. Doesn't change my point.