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Wow...the company listed above (corrections Corp of America) has spent over half a million on lobbying... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00

• droopybuns 10y ago
  That seems like a very small amount- does that reflect donations to legislators and the salary of their lobbyist? Doesn't seem like it would go far...
  • wwalser 10y ago
    While I don't know the answer to your question, I have always had a similar reaction to seeing actual numbers involved in lobbying. It usually went like this: someone would seem outraged at how much money a representative had received from "the oil and gas industry". Then I'd look at the numbers and think to myself, "There's no way that amount of money could buy what people are claiming that it bought." I only recently discovered this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullock_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullock_paradox which I found very interesting.
    • droopybuns 10y ago
      Outstanding link! Thank you for sharing!