[mvpel]

Because her party has agitated for the wholesale deregulation of money in politics and the unshackling of lobbyists, these will be heard in some quarters as sacrilegious words.

The only reason that lobbyists can profit in Washington is because the government is no longer restrained by the Constitution. A Constitutional government would not have the unlimited power to make or break a corporation, so the lobbyists would not be needed to defend their employers or persuade the government to crush the competition.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Well, maybe so but anti-trust laws are there to protect the small from the large and it is also unconstitutional to tell a corporation (which is people) what they can and cannot do with their money.

[little jeremiah]

The only reason that lobbyists can profit in Washington is because the government is no longer restrained by the Constitution. A Constitutional government would not have the unlimited power to make or break a corporation, so the lobbyists would not be needed to defend their employers or persuade the government to crush the competition.

Excellent point.