Giving money to a bill's legislators is wrong

An established method of gaining influence in legislation is to give money to its legislators.

If there is a bill being debated on, even early in the process, special interests affected by it donate money to campaign coffers in favor of a particular outcome.

This is a blatant form of corruption that has no place in the working of the legislative process.  The peoples' representatives should deny access or influence in the form of money, as the money is of no benefit to the deliberation of the legislation at hand.

Money in politics? or communication?

Money in politics is nothing new.  It's not right, however.  Just because a politician claims that "money is the mother's milk of politics" doesn't make it right.

Take lobbyists, for instance.  The ones who ask for the most compensation are the ones most sought after by special interests.

If you have a concern you would like your representative to know about, go to them in their office or during their days in their districts.  Money never solves problems; it only gets in the way of communication.

A favorite way to contact your representatives is to write to them on their legislature's website

One of the great traditions in democracy is writing letters to your representatives.

For anyone familiar with the former blog Activism News, there is a myriad of methods possible to the constituent for doing so.

One of my favorites is to go directly to my official's own website and write my letter there.  There is always directions there on how to proceed.

All elected officials have their primary websites on their respective houses of legislation sites.  For instance, your US Representative's webpage will be at www.house.gov.

Take this method to heart and your representative will appreciate your cordial visit.