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> it’s to get reelected.

I doubt this. Legislation is written by committee and passed by democracy. Most of the voting public don't look up the voting records which are available to them. Most of the voting public can't name a third of the members of parliament.

If there is a conspiratorial take, the one about regulatory capture is more believable.




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