Comment by kulahan
10 days ago
This is such an annoying attitude. Who is against the concept of an industry being able to say “are you aware this will decimate the jobs of tens of thousands”?
Catch phrases like this, I swear, are half the reason so many people have a mind an inch deep and a mile wide.
The issue is that lobbying extends to PAC and Super PAC campaign donations. Which is pretty close to a bribe.
Lobbyist giving opinions, isn’t anywhere near corruption. Lobbyist giving campaign support by the $100,000 is a lot closer though.
Ok, so complain about PACs and super PACs. Who goes "Sandwiches are bad. The issue is that sandwiches lead to buffets and WEIGHT GAIN!!! BAN SANDWICHES!!!"
Because lobbying in the US is realistically dominated by money. We’re not stupid here - I think we all know money works better than words.
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