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It's pretty obvious there is quid pro quo in many cases. A strong society should have regulated channels for lobbying and ban any contact between lobbyists/indu
by KaoruAoiShiho 7y ago
It's pretty obvious there is quid pro quo in many cases. A strong society should have regulated channels for lobbying and ban any contact between lobbyists/industry and politicians outside of those channels, including after office.
- aguyfromnb 7y ago>including after office. A politician might cover or be involved with a lot of different industries during tenure in office. You can't go to work in any of them after? What if you're one-term-and-done at age 45? What are you supposed to do? Sure, you could ban them. That's a sure-fire way to a government of low-competence, career politicians.
- Hallucinaut 7y agoCorporate decisions are made all the time under embargo from such conflicts of interest and no one considers that perverse
- closeparen 7y agoDepending on the state, lobbyists generally have to be licensed/registered and report all their contacts [0]. I have a family member who's a registered lobbyist: as a lawyer for a regulatory agency, she sometimes represents its interests in dealing with the legislature that authorizes it. [0] https://www.ncsl.org/research/ethics/50-state-chart-lobbyist-report-requirements.aspx https://www.ncsl.org/research/ethics/50-state-chart-lobbyist...