Should lobbyists be more regulated?

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Each year, more money than is spent on lobbying than is spent on keeping up Yellowstone National Park! The total comes out to about 36 million dollars. Shocking? The shocking statistic is that the majority of this money is not being spent to help politicians out on the campaign trail but is rather being spent on lavish parties for politicians in office by influencial lobbying groups. The results are obvious and crippling, while so much of a politicians revenue and lavish lifestyle is supported by lobbyist groups it is naive and childish to assume that their vote is not swayed by this fact.

The fact is this: Placing so much value in the amount of money a company has will directly influence the morals of decision making. For example, “going green” is no longer a moral issue preached by young free spirited hippies in tie die t-shirts who truly believe in the cause at hand. It has become a billion dollar business. And as such it has spurred on alliances between big businesses and National Governments the world over. Profiting off of fear that they help create to keep lawmakers’ and lobbyists’ pockets fat. Whether you agree with our current president’s policies or not, the fact remains, a man who benefited heavily from lobbyist groups still made it his first issue in office to make a new executive order restricting them further. Obviously you do not bite the hand that feeds you without a good reason, for he sees the evil they produce. Current lobbyists

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can never hold a government job pertaining to their sphere of influence nor can they ever go back to lobbying in that sphere after they leave their government job. And f...

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... is them who will ultimately need to lay the foundation to stop all this madness. Thus it is going to take a very bold man not afraid of losing some money to be the one to get the snowball rolling, hopefully down a snowy hill of justice and strong willed men who can fight this ever growing problem of bribery, greed and corruption.

For years now the lobbyists have held far too much power over our lawmaking process. A process meant to benefit the hardworking American people not the lazy clientele of the lobbyists groups simply sitting around getting rich. Lawmakers bending to the will of big businesses both left and right, abandoning conscious decisions to better this beautiful country we live in. new regulations and blocks will make great strides in the right direction to help to put a stop to an ever growing, ever sickening problem in American politics today.

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