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Oh no, they definitively lobby, as listed in the sibling comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35687508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35687508 I
by iso1631 4y ago
Oh no, they definitively lobby, as listed in the sibling comment
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35687508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35687508
I'm just not sure that "rich person lobbies government" is the jackpot that republicans think it is. The day that Biden, Trump. Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I and before don't get lobbying on a regular basis from major donors then I'll consider it one.
Indeed I'd rather Charlie spend an hour a week lobbying Sunak as it takes an hour of lobbying away from anyone else.
- bee_rider 4y agoHuh, interesting, well there goes one of their few redeeming virtues in my mind, I guess.
- iso1631 4y agoI guess the question is would an elected head of state mean more lobbying from more corrupt people. Sure Charlie might lobby against something happening in his back yard, and that's a pain, but I'd rather that than have big pharma lobby to loosen safety features on drug approvals, or big food lobby to bypass animal welfare
- bee_rider 4y agoHard to say, I guess. The US is a bit weird (pretty big, lots of huge companies call us home) so it probably gets more lobbying than most other countries I guess. I’d expect the UK to have a trajectory more like similar sized European countries (Germany maybe? Maybe compare to France, but of course French people have a unique relationship with their government…)