Quote (JessiWan @ Dec 7 2022 09:20am)
And by that I mean the personal kind, we have all seen it, men in business suits surrounding legislators, trying to talk to them and to get them to pass certain laws.
I feel that this is essentially legalized bribery. They are giving gifts and money to lawmakers so that the latter will pass laws that are favorable to these lobbyists' organization or company. Why should we allow this to happen? What good does in-person lobbying do for the country? It does absolutely shit-all. It's just rich people finding one more way to game our political system to benefit themselves.
I believe that people should be able to present their concerns to their lawmakers so that they will consider passing certain laws. However, everybody should go through the same channel, as in, either through writing letters or emails. Nobody should have in-person access to lawmakers because this simply means people with money will be able to gain an unfair advantage over the average person, who doesn't have the time nor the money to lobby.
I say that we ban in-person lobbying. Who's with me?
yup
i have a faded memory. they were trying to get bill clinton to pass a law about bribery. he declined to pass the law and said something like "yuk yuk huh huh just dont take them...." that dude was such a azzhat and the lefties would cheer him on all the stupid stuff he say.
This post was edited by TiStuff on Dec 7 2022 12:13pm