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Yakooza99K
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Lobbying is when people or companies pay lawyers to vote on a bill. Many corporations lobby for issues they are in favor of.

The thing is, health care reform and many other things are not passed because of lobbying, because corporations want more profits.

Should we ban lobbying?

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Yakooza99K
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what? lobbying is guaranteed by the first amendment

we're allowed to petition the government

Yakooza99K
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we're allowed to petition the government


Is it fair when corporations lobby for their own interests? It's not. How many times has health care been prevented from reform because of lobbying corporations?
HiddenDistance
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... Fascinating.

I don't think it should be banned. It should be reformed so that they can't - and quite literally - bribe representatives to vote in their favour.

Yakooza99K
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Is it fair when corporations lobby for their own interests


but what about the average people? we need lobbying to bring issues up to lawmakers. how else would we suggest bills. besides, the ACLU lobbies a lot, and they're not evil
Green12324
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Yes, we should ban it. It's leading to a corrupt government and if they're going to take the bribes we might as well not even elect people to represent us.

Yakooza99K
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the ACLU lobbies a lot, and they're not evil


Ever heard of NAMBLA? those are the kinds of people that the ACLU lobbies for.
Yakooza99K
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the ACLU also lobbied to get abortions legalized, and for interracial marriages to be allowed

Yakooza99K
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the ACLU also lobbied to get abortions legalized, and for interracial marriages to be allowed


So what? It's not just corporations that lobby, foreign governments like Israel also lobby congress.
Green12324
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Why are you debating with yourself? <.<

SirLegendary
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dude your spamming!

Green12324
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I don't know if it's spamming. I mean...he is debating...it's just with himself. Oh well. We can still discuss lobbying and ignore him, lol.

So how do you feel when your representatives sell out on a bill that you are very interested in? Personally I would feel betrayed, I elected these people in, and they're allowing these multimillion dollar companies to push them around.

Ernie15
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This thread made my day. I smell a split personality...

Lieutenut
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Yes, lobbying should be banned... and why are you debating yourself? lol.

anyways, new laws and government officials shouldn't be decided on if you got more money for one side or the other side... it should be decided by the interests of the American people and what will benefit the country more.

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