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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26088519, member: 4626&quot;]Bribery <i>IS</i> illegal, no court has ever suggested otherwise, and very distinct from political speech, contributing to politicians&#039; or political parties&#039; campaigns, or lobbying elected officials.&nbsp; Free speech and redressing the government for grievances are Constitutional rights, even if one is paid by someone to do it.&nbsp; The fact one is paid to do it doesn&#039;t make it bribery, but it is fair to question their biases (which is also protected free speech).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A smart person would never put it precisely that way, because that would unarguably be blatant bribery.&nbsp; Any honest and reasonably intelligent politician would immediately suspect that as a bribery sting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Individuals and organizations are allowed to donate to political parties and campaigns, and there&#039;s a lot of laws and regulations about what is and is not allowed.&nbsp; And anyone has the right to convince legislators to pass or not pass legislation.&nbsp; That much is fact; discussing opinions on the matter would be getting into political debate not allowed here.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only real point is Mark Weller should not be taken as impartial.&nbsp; Also, there&#039;s really no evidence for his assertion that eliminating the penny would increase inflation; in fact evidence from other countries suggest it wouldn&#039;t likely be the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just think from a purely practical standpoint the arguments for getting rid of the penny have more weight than arguments for keeping it.&nbsp; The fact that it costs significantly more to mint than it&#039;s worth I would say is argument enough.&nbsp; The current president apparently agrees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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