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>but it exists everywhere But it's not legal.
by rational_indian 13y ago
>but it exists everywhere
But it's not legal.
- Moru 13y agoLobbying is legal in the EU too. The organisation is one of the bigger employers in the EU. It's just not so known as in the US.
- bowlofpetunias 13y agoLobbying <> bribery. There's a difference between buying a politician diner and talking to them and writing a big fat check.
- mmariani 13y agoIn theory that's right. But in practice the line that divides them is somewhat blurry.
- mordae 13y agoActually, it's conflicting interests either way.
- Moru 13y agoLobbyists was supposed to be experts in the field of whatever subject they are helping the politicians with. In practice they are experts in lobbying, nothing else. The salary comes from a company that has a certain interest and pays the lobbying organisation to get this result through the politicians. The bribery is not actually exchanging with the politician, it's with the lobying organisation. Bribery would have been more understanding, here it's just a question of stupidity sadly. The lobbying groups are confusedly just taking the money and wondering why it's so easy. There are a few documentaries on this subject and all the lobbyists are talking openly about what they do. The politicians not so.