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As it is almost half of congressmen (43%) register as lobbyists after leaving government.

• cheez 15y ago
  Holy jesus christ, where did you get those numbers? That is deeply concerning. Not only are they career politicians, but they can't do anything else but lobby to take taxpayer dollars? Are you kidding me?!!
  • sixtofour 15y ago
    Why would they do anything else? I imagine the pay and perks are great. Besides, after a career in Congress reading bills that were written by lobbyists, a lot of the new lobbyists are probably looking forward to get a chance to actually write some bills.
    • cheez 15y ago
      You make a good point. Maybe what really needs to be done is that the politicians need to be told that we don't need any more laws (except for the law that says no more laws.) Then they'll have nothing to do and therefore no incentive to be elected.
  • cubicle67 15y ago
    Since 1998, 43 percent of the 198 members of Congress who left government to join the private sector have registered to lobby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying#United_States
    • cheez 15y ago
      Sometimes I think the lawmakers should be in jail.