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> Groups of people or interest groups should be allowed to bring their case to legislators to try to convince them. Why can’t this be a public process with no
by hrktb 9y ago
> Groups of people or interest groups should be allowed to bring their case to legislators to try to convince them.
Why can’t this be a public process with no direct access to the legislator ?
If the point is to change a public body’s behavior, it should be done in the open and with tracability. For me by definition it shouldn’t be lobbying but open discourse.
- euyyn 9y agoI don't know about the US, but in the EU Parliament, lobbyists need to be registered and I think all their meetings with legislators are part of the public record (maybe not the content, but the fact?).