JQPublic1
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Lobbyist are paid well to defend and promote the interests of various enterprises at all levels of government.
Bribes are common tools for lobbyists and it seems they are having an enormous impact on keeping toxins and carcinogens in our air and drinking water. Public safety be damned!
Not even the might of OSHA or the EPA can stand against the monetary incentives used to bribe legislators and agency heads. It's not fair, but I guess life generally is not fair. Is lobbying constitutional? The general consensus is that it is; and ,that it is vested under the auspices of the 1st amendment of the US Constitution. Whereas defenders of lobbying insist:
Frankly, I don't see it. How can petitioning the government to choose a bribe over public safety be construed to be a legal and valid transaction. Yet, it happens without regard to party affiliation!
Your thoughts:
The Right to Lobby
Bribes are common tools for lobbyists and it seems they are having an enormous impact on keeping toxins and carcinogens in our air and drinking water. Public safety be damned!
Not even the might of OSHA or the EPA can stand against the monetary incentives used to bribe legislators and agency heads. It's not fair, but I guess life generally is not fair. Is lobbying constitutional? The general consensus is that it is; and ,that it is vested under the auspices of the 1st amendment of the US Constitution. Whereas defenders of lobbying insist:
First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Frankly, I don't see it. How can petitioning the government to choose a bribe over public safety be construed to be a legal and valid transaction. Yet, it happens without regard to party affiliation!
Your thoughts:
The Right to Lobby
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