H.L. Mencken said that ‘every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods’.
As you process news of the (First) Great Student Loan Giveaway over the next few days, keep that in mind. Along with this:
18 U.S. Code § 597 – Expenditures to influence voting
Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate [. . .] shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.