The entire point of having a representative democracy is that the representatives are supposed to look out for the best interests of the voters when making laws

The entire point of having a representative democracy is that the representatives are supposed to look out for the best interests of the voters when making laws and regulations. If they write laws that benefit multi-billion dollar companies at the expense of everyone else than the representatives aren't doing their job correctly and need to be set straight by the voters. The reason why the quote about tax minimization is BS is that the government still has to pay its bills. If every rich corporation is taking advantage of every conceivable loophole, and lobbying for ever more loopholes then the share of the bill starts to fall on the shoulders of everyone else, who doesn't have the time or money or both to lobby for special treatment. And that is unfair. OTOH, there has to be some balance especially with the amounts of money we're talking about, or corporations will stop trying lobbyists and start hiring white collar crooks to hide their money. Which is why the proper place to settle this is in the legislature where everyone gets at least some way to sort out who pays and how much.