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And also to excuse giveaways to companies, of course. Who executives will of course give big donations.

Precisely why politicians showing active commitment to not doing this might deserve a chance.

Interesting. The homepage exclaims:

”We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. ”

Sounds pretty similar to the thinking behind the German setup.

There's a large gap between socialism and not taking what are essentially bribes.

Maybe. I'm pretty fond of capitalism, but I have to admit the "everything has a price" mentality can easily be misapplied.