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Lobbying is ugly, but essential in the system we live in. You have to be pragmatic about it :(



That depends on what you are lobbying for. I don't think we have to treat all lobbying the same.


The problem is the good guys have to spend donations on lobbying because otherwise the legislators are only hearing from the bad guys. This is a story as old as time I think.


The 1st Amendment says it's a fundamental right




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