We need to end lobbying. Lobbying is nothing more than bribery. If we the people do it it’s bribery if Pfizer does it it’s lobbying. Why do we allow the rich to break the law? Tell me one thing lobbying does that benefits the people? We are allowing billionaires to bribe our government and everyone in Washington is acting like it’s no big deal. No wonder these politicians don’t represent us. Joe Biden was serious when he said I don’t work for you. Politicians don’t work for us they work for their lobbyist friends. You want money out of politics end lobbying. This is one of my steps to getting our country back. But this one is huge. It’s the quiet secret Washington doesn’t want you to talk about. I’m tired of seeing public servants becoming millionaires at my expense.
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Lobbying is both good and bad. Unfortunately it has become big business. But we need lobbying to bring to light needs of different interests from citizens to businesses. But we do need to stop stoking its fire with jobs to ex-government workers and soldiers. That creates disadvantages for many and too many advantages for some. The rule should be when you leave government service you cannot be hired by any company that lobbies the government for four years because of a conflict of interest clause.
I agree. It should be, if any money/mat’l/favors/concessions/gifts/kickbacks/etc are exchanged, then it becomes a crime for both and punished accordingly. This may already be the case and not prosecuted.