• Riskable@programming.dev
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    7 days ago

    What’s interesting is that a candidate could rent, lease, or buy a Lamborghini as part of their campaign. That’s perfectly legal!

    The restriction is that they can only use that vehicle for traveling to/from campaign events. Since this is highly impractical and a waste of precious campaign funds, that doesn’t usually happen.

    Another interesting fact is that candidates can get reimbursement from their campaign funds for miles traveled in their personal vehicles (when campaigning).

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      7 days ago

      Getting paid mileage is normal for a lot of corporate jobs. Not my job these days, but many jobs.

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        7 days ago

        Yeah renting a luxury car would be a weird choice, but nothing described is that weird from a practical sense.

        Honestly if a job is having you use your personal vehicle and isn’t reimbursing you you shouldn’t do it.

        Also if you don’t allow basic reimbursement then you severely limit the ability for a normal person to run for office. Making it much easier for a wealthy person to run comparatively