I'm not familiar with the US's government, but it looks like legal, but is it fair? Is it procedural justice?
Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
1–9 of 9 posts
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#2They’re three separate bills, Israel aid, Ukraine aid, and Tiktok. You can find them on congress.gov.
Each congress critter voted on each bill separately.
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#3[deleted]
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#4I think you are mixing the terms fairness and justice with what goes on in a political / legislative process. This is mostly a battle between the interests of Meta and Google vs. ByteDance.
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#5They’re three separate bills, Israel aid, Ukraine aid, and Tiktok. You can find them on congress.gov. Each congress critter voted on each bill separately.
but why medias said it's a "package" and "tied with"/"bundled with" foreign aid bill?
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#6I think you are mixing the terms fairness and justice with what goes on in a political / legislative process. This is mostly a battle between the interests of Meta and Google vs. ByteDance.
I know there must some supporters behind a bill, but I think at least you should play the game fair?
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#7They’re three separate bills, Israel aid, Ukraine aid, and Tiktok. You can find them on congress.gov. Each congress critter voted on each bill separately.
but why medias said it's a "package" and "tied with"/"bundled with" foreign aid bill?
They started as separate bills in the House with a final step of merging them into one before sending off to the Senate, as I understand it
Even if they were technically separate at one point, the discussion leading up to and throughout was about them as one. The Senate passed a bigger bill that also included border funding months ago. That was rejected by the House without consideration or negotiation, because reasons...
Regarding "fairness" of bundling, I agree with others this is the wrong framing. Democracy and politics is about giving and taking to get something not perfect through a messy system full of competing interests.
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#8I think you are mixing the terms fairness and justice with what goes on in a political / legislative process. This is mostly a battle between the interests of Meta and Google vs. ByteDance.
I know there must some supporters behind a bill, but I think at least you should play the game fair?
[deleted]
Re: Ask HN: Is it fair to bundle TikTok ban with other aid bill
#9[deleted]