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The lobbyists are just doing their jobs well. It's the Senate that isn't. Blame the people who you pay taxes to purely to be impartial.

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• jlarocco 4mo ago
  There's no reason not to blame lobbyists as well. A lobbyist saying "it's just business," doesn't excuse them for being assholes.
  • xuhu 4mo ago
    A comparison made by some Solaris guy comparing a tech magnate to a lawnmower springs to mind.
  • philipallstar 4mo ago
    Their job is to represent their company. It's like calling a defence or prosecution lawyer an asshole for taking their client's side. It's the judge's job to be impartial, not theirs. And it's the regulator's job to be impartial, not the lobbyist's.
    • bryan_w 4mo ago
      You're assuming these people know what a lobbyist does beyond the edgey cynical definition they learned about when they were 13.
      • jlarocco 4mo ago
        Nice ad-hominem. Obviously if I think lobbyists are assholes it's because I'm un-educated.
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• 8note 4mo ago
  lobbyists alao disbenefit from bad policy, and their clients will lose out worse when the population is much more pissed off. these are still physical assets that can be destroyed in a riot