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To: okie01

Of course they do. They have the same rights as I do to protest government control. But they shouldn’t spend billions of dollars for lobbyists to pay off elected officials to make government favor them above individuals.

The cost of their billions of dollars of lobbying expense eventually winds up on my back. And they can literally buy an elected official with campaign contributions.

They can organize just like citizens can and implment righteous, transparent protest, rather than behind closed door deals with politicians.


19 posted on 09/07/2009 7:45:39 PM PDT by RowdyFFC (Nancy Pelosi...please deny her any health care....)
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To: RowdyFFC
But they shouldn’t spend billions of dollars for lobbyists to pay off elected officials to make government favor them above individuals.

The reason they spend billions of dollars for lobbyists is because they have billions of dollars at stake.

You're not going to get the money out of politics until you take power away from government. There is a reason why Congress writes tax policy and jillions of regulations -- it keeps the money coming their way.

Reform Congress...and you'll go a long way toward reforming the process.

In the meantime, let the corporations try to defend themselves against rampant extortion.

26 posted on 09/08/2009 3:38:18 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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