I still don’t understand how lobbying is legal. Like, it’s straight up bribery.
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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Because the people who decide what is legal are the people who benefit from it.
Lobbying is supposed to be making your case to a politician, and hoping they vote/propose a bill/etc. With that interest in mind. You yourself are allowed to lobby your congress critters...technically.
We're allowed, but without a fruit basket stuffed with money they're not going to listen.
The lobbying is not the problem. The donations that sway opinions are the problem. If it was entirely unrelated to donations and the congress person was just hearing out all sides of an issue, that's a good thing.
Donations aren't to sway opinion they're to maintain a stock of dependent politicians who already agree with your position but who also need your funding to stay in office
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clearly he's old enough to run again.
Man. The guy can grow peanuts, build thousands of houses, kick cancer's ass, and is brilliantly insightful.
No wonder he lost reelection. He's competent. I'm kinda shocked he won in the first place. We didn't deserve him, and we still don't.
Well, between that and Reagan and Iran Hostage Crisis.
That and his own party turned against him when it became apparent he cared more about the country than their profits
The initials, the carpentry, the advocations for peace and against extreme wealth. You'd think a certain group would like this guy.
It's a feudal system of corporate lords with a priesthood of economists, politicians, and lawyers.
We know.
Jimmy Carter is a fucking legend
true OG
Too bad this guy wasn't in a position to do anything about that back when that started happening.
That was sarcasm
And yet people will still get upset at you, if you express any viewpoint not in line with a party line. Guess the oligarchs are winning.