Comment Comment by richbell > You honestly think tens of millions in lobbying efforts cause a tens of billions return on investment? Why is it so insanely cheap?This is exactly how lobbying works, and it's depressing how insanely cheap our countries are being sold for.- https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/06/144737864/forg...- https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2019/05/14/how...For example, if a corporation doesn't like that the IRS is scrutinizing them they can just lobby congress to gut the IRS.https://www.propublica.org/article/the-irs-decided-to-get-to...Think you can have an effect by contacting your elected officials? Public preference has almost no impact on what legislation gets passed. Not to mention all the gerrymandering...https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli... parent richbell 4 years ago
This is exactly how lobbying works, and it's depressing how insanely cheap our countries are being sold for.
- https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/06/144737864/forg...
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2019/05/14/how...
For example, if a corporation doesn't like that the IRS is scrutinizing them they can just lobby congress to gut the IRS.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-irs-decided-to-get-to...
Think you can have an effect by contacting your elected officials? Public preference has almost no impact on what legislation gets passed. Not to mention all the gerrymandering...
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...