Threatens? Why is lobbying allowed in the first place?
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Why not ban lobbying completely?
Lobbying is literally a form of petitioning.
Because lobbying is also done be environmental groups, neighborhood groups, consumer activists, ... Ban lobbying would deprive a large set of the population of their voice
That would outlaw scientists lobbying the government to stop things like global warming and pollution. It would stop mom and pop shops from lobbying against things that are good for massive corps but bad for them.
So what defines corporate? What defines paid? Youโre excluding mom and pop shops and even medium sized businesses from your definition. How are lawmakers supposed to know if their law is gonna harm specific industries if businesses canโt tell them?
So paid would include the owners (if itโs an llc or similar), it would include anyone sent by the owners even if itโs not their job title, etc.
Iโm pretty sure you can request all that information as well, with a FOIA request.
And when the EU writes a regulation like mandating USB-C chargers, they'll make sure the companies making phones are on board and get to have realistic timelines to implement these things. If you're going to regulate an industry you kind of need their expertise, unfortunately.
You can still consult with various interest groups without allowing actually lobbying, but I get what you mean.
revoke lobbying access
Me, as an American: ...I can haz? Plez?
Yes yes yes yes yes please
But don't just do it for Amazon, do it for all parties.
Hi, im Beff Jesoz and I have a company called Nozama and I'll give you 10 billion dollars to stop this.
Notice that they're still committed to allowing the kind of bribing called "lobbying", just not that specific example of it..
This is called cosmetic "Principles", see?
establishment NEVER guts its own corruption..
Never.
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