Just watched a documentary about lobbyists. Called The Best Government Money Can Buy
I suspected lobbying influence to be unrepresentative of the people, but I didn't expect to find out that there are nearly 13,000 lobbyists in Washington compared to around only 500 elected members of congress. Whoa! If you have money, you have influence. bottom line. no wonder the there is so much legislation and regulation taking over our lives!!!! Lobbyists write the memos for the legislation! Our government needs to be turned upside down...
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress
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