Comment by CPLX

> If you believe that companies create value, then you should believe that companies should communicate with governments

Sorry, you're going to have to prove that.

Companies are made up of people, and it's completely reasonable to assume that if people were allowed to have a voice within government, then they could also speak on behalf of their own interests, which will often coincide with that of the companies that they're involved with.

There's no reason to consider companies a separate entity that has its own power to communicate and many reasons not to do that.