Give The People Their Voices Back!
Lobbying contributions to ANY politician should be 100% illegal. Politicians are receiving financial gain to sway votes in favor of the biggest spender. The people cannot and will not have a voice when it costs billions of dollars to be heard. In 2023 4.2 Billion dollars was spent in lobbying contributions for political gain and is able to be written off as a tax expense.
America was not built to only allow the top 1% to have a voice. Even your lowest politicians like mayors and city officials are receiving hundreds of thousands to create local laws. The average American cannot possibly spend thousand’s to billion’s just to be heard.
If you are for the people, then be about the people. Not big corporate and how much money you can have your pocket’s lined with in order to listen. Somehow, we are right back where we started in a different era. Only the elites have a voice. Meanwhile all the people who work hard to support this nation are having their voices taken, over financial gain.
There should also be a law banning politicians and appointed government representatives from accepting future employment contracts and opportunities from the entities they are in charge of regulating. It is a conflict of interest and a detriment to our political system.
If you would like to do your own research on this opensecrets.org has a comprehensive list of political contributions. I also highly suggest watching the documentary Poisoning Paradise where they bring to light the corruption in lobbying. This documentary features Hawaii and how their people, local and state government wanted the top 4 chemical and seed companies to have additional precautions and safety measures enforced but was overturned after lobbying contributions were received.