I assume, albeit with no proof, that they are being threatened, e.g. “w e know where your kids go to school.”

Ronald Reagan did that first for this particular line of work.

I agree. But nobody cares. You must be as old as I am.

Cool. But the goals are almost beside the point. This action makes people associate goals that I agree with, with being an asshole.

÷ 2 = ~$5,000

… after the layers get their half.

“Perfect phone call.”

Google for “Intuit lobbying.”

It’s not literally bribery; it’s corporate America at work. Effectively bribery, IMHO.

… and chips (Frito-Lay).