Corporations
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Corporations are invoked by C.J. as the force behind tax-code distortions — their donations to members of the tax-writing committee explain why bonuses are deductible but tuition is not, linking private influence to public policy choices in the tuition debate.
Referenced indirectly via C.J.'s statement about donation patterns and tax incentives.
Exert indirect political power by shaping lawmakers' incentives; their influence constrains the administration's policy options.
Their presence in the conversation highlights structural barriers to progressive tax reform and shows how private sector interests complicate politically attractive policy solutions.
Not detailed in the scene; treated monolithically as donors exerting influence.
Corporations are invoked by C.J. as the force shaping tax-code incentives (donating to members of the tax-writing committee), linking the debate over deductions and tuition to broader political influence and opponent attacks.
Referenced via C.J.'s explanation of why multi-million-dollar bonuses are deductible—through corporate political contributions shaping policy outcomes.
Corporations are depicted as powerful influencers shaping legislative incentives and constraining campaign messaging.
Frames the policy debate about deductions and tuition as one shaped by corporate interests rather than purely public need.
Not explored in scene; implied entrenched networks linking corporations and tax policy.
Corporations are introduced in C.J.'s line as the structural reason why tax code incentives skew toward bonuses rather than tuition — they are the economic actors whose donations shape tax-writing behavior and thereby constrain policy options.
Represented through C.J.'s explanatory line — the organization acts as a structural force rather than an onstage actor.
Corporations exert indirect power over policy via campaign donations and access to lawmakers; they are the unseen beneficiaries of the current tax code.
Their involvement explains why staff fears making changes through the tax code are realistic: corporate influence structurally biases policy content and restricts politically palatable reforms.
Not dramatized directly here, but implied tension between commercial self-interest and public-policy fairness — a structural constraint staff must negotiate.
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