| Corporate america sucks... Why is it not illegal to lobby? |
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 FBGuyPremium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | i believe the 14th amendment is the problem. i could be wrong. its the one that gives corporations the rights of the citizen, but none of the responsiblities.
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | said by FBGuy:i believe the 14th amendment is the problem. i could be wrong. its the one that gives corporations the rights of the citizen, but none of the responsiblities. And if corporate lobbying was ended, then those who own the companies will lobby on their own dime. |
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| said by Linklist:said by FBGuy:i believe the 14th amendment is the problem. i could be wrong. its the one that gives corporations the rights of the citizen, but none of the responsiblities. And if corporate lobbying was ended, then those who own the companies will lobby on their own dime. That`s ok. We can always limit their contributions later on down the line.
But in the meantime, we can prevent the rich from accessing the endless pools of money that giant corporations have access to.
I love it when you comment actually. You exist to lie and spread false information. It`s so easy to refute your comments. |
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1 edit | said by sonicmerlin :
That`s ok. We can always limit their contributions later on down the line.
Hammering away at campaign contributions always seemed myopic to me. Sure, it's a huge part of the corruption process. But if you have a ton of money there are at least three other things you will spend it on to get your interests into legislation:
•Access. Always have your wormtongue whispering in legislators' ear...at wine tastings, sporting events, private jets, in their sleep. You can also afford to be friendly with their staffers.
•Writing law. You can afford a team of lawyers who literally write the legislation. Because you have Access, whatever your minion wrote gets submitted directly to the legislature.
•Monitoring. You can afford to cultivate a network through which you'll learn of anything contrary to your interests whether it's the whisperings of a competitor's wormtongue or a social or consumer advocate that accidentally gained access to your legislator(s).
I guess the best part is that all the money you're spending you collected from the consumers you're trying to abuse. |
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