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While you’re at it, lobbying should be completely and utterly outlawed, anyone found taking money for political influence should be handed a hefty jail term or

While you’re at it, lobbying should be completely and utterly outlawed, anyone found taking money for political influence should be handed a hefty jail term or worse. It’s absolute filth.

PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
OK, so let's say you strongly believe in the mission of CampaignForFooBarForAll. You've raised money for them, you've been on the marches, you've done the phone tree. But you want to do more. Someone suggests you head to DC, and start talking to congresscritters (or their aides) about the message of CampaignForFooBarForAll. You'd love to do this. But you need to pay the rent, and for food, and other regular expenses. Someone in the campaign suggests that they could pay for you to do this for 1 month a year. Shall we send you to jail? Let's suppose that you say "yes". Now consider Jan Lobbier, who works for BigMega Corp. Jan is employed there full time, with various duties. Among them are trips and calls to DC to put the company's position in front of The People Who Matter. This is not Jan's only job, just a part of their job duties. Should Jan go to jail? What you're suggesting would mean that lobbying could only be done by the financially independent (i.e. can lobby because they don't need to work), and that seems like a bad idea for everyone.
- bamboozled 4y ago
  I'm talking about politicians accepting donation money. Not the lobbyist themselves. If politicians didn't accept "donations" they wouldn't have a role. Politicians receive a salary, that should be enough, if the salary for a congress person isn't high enough, then we can talk about that at the next election, they also might be better at managing the economy and dealing with things like inflation because it would be a harsh reality for them, like it is for everyone else.

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While you’re at it, lobbying should be completely and utterly outlawed, anyone found taking money for political influence should be handed a hefty jail term or

by bamboozled 4y ago

While you’re at it, lobbying should be completely and utterly outlawed, anyone found taking money for political influence should be handed a hefty jail term or worse. It’s absolute filth.

PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
OK, so let's say you strongly believe in the mission of CampaignForFooBarForAll. You've raised money for them, you've been on the marches, you've done the phone tree. But you want to do more. Someone suggests you head to DC, and start talking to congresscritters (or their aides) about the message of CampaignForFooBarForAll. You'd love to do this. But you need to pay the rent, and for food, and other regular expenses. Someone in the campaign suggests that they could pay for you to do this for 1 month a year. Shall we send you to jail? Let's suppose that you say "yes". Now consider Jan Lobbier, who works for BigMega Corp. Jan is employed there full time, with various duties. Among them are trips and calls to DC to put the company's position in front of The People Who Matter. This is not Jan's only job, just a part of their job duties. Should Jan go to jail? What you're suggesting would mean that lobbying could only be done by the financially independent (i.e. can lobby because they don't need to work), and that seems like a bad idea for everyone.
- bamboozled 4y ago
  I'm talking about politicians accepting donation money. Not the lobbyist themselves. If politicians didn't accept "donations" they wouldn't have a role. Politicians receive a salary, that should be enough, if the salary for a congress person isn't high enough, then we can talk about that at the next election, they also might be better at managing the economy and dealing with things like inflation because it would be a harsh reality for them, like it is for everyone else.