r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 25d ago

Clarence Thomas: I should have declared free holidays from billionaire Paywall

https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/clarence-thomas-i-should-have-declared-free-holidays-from-billionaire-7ngkc3hxj
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u/FearCure 25d ago edited 25d ago

Exactly. Regardless our role ( scientist, procurement, commercial, etc etc) in our company with 110,000 employees, we are all required to declare ALL gifts and NO ONE is allowed to accept any gift with a market value greater than eighty dollars.

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u/Moist_When_It_Counts New York 25d ago

I used to work for US FDA and same deal. Zero gifts. Report all investments. ABSOLUTELY NO individual investments in industries we regulate.

Meanwhile, congress and SCOTUS can do whatever the fuck they want despite the danger of process corruption being exponentially higher.

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u/C3POB1KENOBI 25d ago

Why do they even need gifts? Isn’t the insider trading enough for them.

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u/Moist_When_It_Counts New York 25d ago

More > some