Not sure if anyone realizes this, but I re-read parent comment by replacing the word "lobbying" with "bribing" and it feels pretty awkward. But that's exactly w

Not sure if anyone realizes this, but I re-read parent comment by replacing the word "lobbying" with "bribing" and it feels pretty awkward. But that's exactly what it is. If we stop using the word lobbying in actual communication, I think it's ill effects would really start to illuminate. Congress is there to protect public interest but its quickly becoming a proxy for lobbyists and apparently no one seem to think that this is just bribe in disguise.