Dragon
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- Sep 16, 2011
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Yes but the lobbyists are voters and Citizens too. They do have the right to lobby representatives. It's just the way it is. You also have the right to lobby any represtnative you like as well. Lobbying to get what you want from Government is as American as Apple Pie. Like i said earlier,Freedom & Liberty can be messy. It is what it is.
We have to distinguish, then, between lobbying and money. Lobbying can consist of nothing more than communicating one's desires to the government. But when it comes backed by money, that's not lobbying, that's bribery. It's not legally bribery because the politician puts the money in his campaign fund rather than his personal bank account. But it's still a payment for services, which means it matches illegal bribery where it counts.