"Lobbying is fine, when it is open, transparent and competitive (there are always stale laws that need to be corrected). The alternative (lobbying is officiall

"Lobbying is fine, when it is open, transparent and competitive (there are always stale laws that need to be corrected). The alternative (lobbying is officially prohibited and everything happens behind closed doors) is worse." It seems that what happens now is the combination of those two. Politicians take money (and campaign donations etc.) more or less in secrecy from private organizations/corporations. I don't think there's any way for them to represent the people anymore in an unbiased fashion. They just represent the companies where they get their money from. But is the goverment for the people or for the businesses? In the US for the latter.