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Then why is lobbying legal?

• moate 8y ago
  This is a great question. My general thought is "because people value money, and this allows rich people a valuable way to spend theirs". I mean campaign finance reform is a topic people on both sides at least pay lip service to (or at least bemoan how the other side gets funded).
  • pbalau 8y ago
    Sorry for the late reply. Campaign financing is something that I agree with, if I can afford to help this candidate reach more voters, why not? There is nothing wrong in that. There is another, different discussion about what this money should be spent on, eg this candidate is great vs these other candidate is bad, but I don't see nothing wrong with giving money for a candidate campaign. Lobbying is different, in most countries in the world this is called bribing, hence a factor in corruption.