State Representative Spends Thousands Per Year In Campaign Funds At Bars, Campaign Finance Data Shows

State Representative Spends Thousands Per Year In Campaign Funds At Bars, Campaign Finance Data Shows

If you donate to state Representative Mark Cusack (D-Braintree), you may be buying him a beer — or a drink of some sort.

Cusack's campaign finance reports filed with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance show that he frequents bars and restaurants that serve alcohol with campaign funds.

Squid Game:  The ‘Bread and Circuses’ of Today
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Squid Game:  The ‘Bread and Circuses’ of Today

Susan Arico

I talked to one of me teens recently about the Roman concept of "bread and circuses," things leaders used to comfort and distract the masses.

Bread came in the form of free wheat for Roman citizens, and circuses came in the form of the Colosseum in Rome and other "circus" structures like it.

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