Showing posts with label lobbying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lobbying. Show all posts

Sunday, April 17, 2016

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.


Tuesday, March 8, 2016

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.