I refuse to get caught up in this fake issue of diplomats negotiating things in secret Diplomats and lobbyists: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lookup.php?t

I refuse to get caught up in this fake issue of diplomats negotiating things in secret Diplomats and lobbyists: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lookup.php?type=i&q=Trans-Pacific+Partnership https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lookup.php?type=i&q=Trans-... If Nike gets a voice why don't I? minimizes the opportunity for politicians to engage in unproductive grandstanding But if lobbyists are involved then its already politics - just without the democracy.