Ghostalmedia to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoHouse approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid billwww.npr.orgmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down18
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minus-square@just_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-21 year agoThis is not the definition of “pork” in a bill. This is an additive that has nothing to do with the bill, sure, but “pork” is when someone diverts funds to their cause with no direct reason to have it in the bill. SINGLE ISSUE BILLS, FOLKS.
minus-square@surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWhy do you think pork needs to be actual dollars? I’ll bet you that many congress folks already own stock in whatever company is most likely to pick up US Tiktok.
“Pork” on a bill has been a problem for decades.
This is not the definition of “pork” in a bill. This is an additive that has nothing to do with the bill, sure, but “pork” is when someone diverts funds to their cause with no direct reason to have it in the bill.
SINGLE ISSUE BILLS, FOLKS.
Why do you think pork needs to be actual dollars?
I’ll bet you that many congress folks already own stock in whatever company is most likely to pick up US Tiktok.
so youre saying tik tok is addictive