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30 Major U.S. Corporations Paid More to Lobby Congress Than Income Taxes
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 1676623" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>Herein lies the problem.</p><p></p><p>It's not the "eeevul corporashuns," it's the fact that Washington has the power to grant these exceptions. I can make lobbying go away in half a heartbeat: take away Washington's power to dole out favors. Think about it--does anybody offer money and gifts to his dentist in exchange for a favorable law? Of course not--the dentist can't give him that law! Take away a Senator's ability to dole out favors and nobody will be offering him bribes or "campaign donations."</p><p></p><p>The old saw about how power corrupts is usually read too narrowly: most people take it to mean that it corrupts the person with the power. That's true, but it also corrupts everybody in the world who wants him to use that power. The <em>only</em> solution is to remove the power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 1676623, member: 13624"] Herein lies the problem. It's not the "eeevul corporashuns," it's the fact that Washington has the power to grant these exceptions. I can make lobbying go away in half a heartbeat: take away Washington's power to dole out favors. Think about it--does anybody offer money and gifts to his dentist in exchange for a favorable law? Of course not--the dentist can't give him that law! Take away a Senator's ability to dole out favors and nobody will be offering him bribes or "campaign donations." The old saw about how power corrupts is usually read too narrowly: most people take it to mean that it corrupts the person with the power. That's true, but it also corrupts everybody in the world who wants him to use that power. The [I]only[/I] solution is to remove the power. [/QUOTE]
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