Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoHouse approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid billwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down111
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minus-squareZerlyna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·8 months ago“Pork” on a bill has been a problem for decades.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-28 months 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-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoso youre saying tik tok is addictive
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months 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.
so youre saying tik tok is addictive
Think they mean addition
Yes. Corrected.
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.