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In 1947 Only 3% of Congressmen Became Lobbyists
- joeg8 13y agoWhenever I hear about corporate influence in Washington I think of Lawrence Lessig's Ted Talk on the need for campaign finance reform: http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_t... "Change the incentives and you change the behavior." And the key point: SOLVABLE. I hope people pick up on his point that regardless of what a person's top priority might be, fixing this problem should be our first priority.