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>a lobbying screed

Who do you suggest is doing the lobbying and for what cause?



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> Lobbying is an excellent way for small groups to be heard in political corridors.

“Lobbying” is literally any effort a person or group makes to influence a government decision-maker.


This is lobbying.

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This ^ it is always helpful to see who is doing the lobbying.

>> political advocacy group

Nice way to position your lobbyist.


In a word: lobbying.

> How did we get to this point?

Lobbying as a legal activity?


> motivated gatekeepers

Let's just say it: lobbyists.


I explicitly wrote "lobbying AND donation".

Please don't twist conversation into debates about semantics: it's not helpful.


> it's hard for me to think of a better scenario that doesn't infringe on the rights of people to assemble as a group and voice their opininon

exactly. i'm not even clear on what behavior people are referring to when they say they want to ban lobbying. the act of lobbying is getting in front of politicians and convincing them to vote a certain way; is that what opponents of lobbying want to ban? when people across the internet banded together and called their representatives to fight soap, that was us lobbying!

what would the text of a law banning lobbying even look like? all the reasonable pieces of legislation i can imagine are just campaign finance laws, which i'm mostly on board with, but unfortunately, it looks like we need a constitutional amendment to pass them.


Lobbying against the lobbying?

I have offered no opinion on lobbying itself in this thread.

The entire content of what I want to convey here is contained in the comment you're replying to.


> Lobbying is a core pillar of democracy

Lobbying is legalized corruption, by the rich and for the rich.

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