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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
I got your back on this one Mookie - if you can't go in and pull a lever (does anyone actually DO that anymore?) - then you should not be able to give to a campaign.
With that said - that would mean corporations - and unions - would both be out in the cold. Just think - so many lobbyists out of work because they couldn't bring money to the table....
Of course - there should also be a $1000 personal contribution limit in my view as well - so one side or the other doesn't "buy" the election. But that would "infringe free speech" according to the courts...
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My company had hired a lobbyist to get an esoteric part of some financial regulation changed. I actually agreed with what we wanted to see changed, as it would have benefited small business as well as the financial markets.
We were told by upper management, in their plea for donations to the PAC we set up, that to get a Congressperson's ear you have to either take them out to an expensive (talking $1000's of dollars expensive) dinner or donate to their campaign directly. Otherwise you get a staffer who may or may not relay your request to the Congressperson.
Absolutely ridiculous.