[CharlyFord]

When government is out to regulate you, your business or your industry into the de-facto status of a public utility, or government is looking at your bank accounts as more worthy of a tax increase (even a de-facto tax increase) simply because of the size of your account balances compared to others, then how is it not your right to try to promote individuals who may reduce government’s antagonisms toward you?

Some large corporations represent more individuals (employees and stockholders) than any of the members of the House of Representatives and many Senators

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I agree! I'm thinking that the process has been corrupted by concentrating power in the few members of the 'Super Committee' and will in turn concentrate the lobbying and corruption. It's corruption when the lobbying is contrary to your interest.

[Wuli]

“It’s corruption when the lobbying is contrary to your interest.”

“That is 100% on par with saying “it’s corruption when it’s not you doing the lobbying” or “ ‘corruption’ is ‘corruption’ because I say it’s corruption”.

It is a false assumption to have the universal position that if something is “in someone else’s interest” it is AGAINST my interest.