If you’ve read this blog in the past you know my views on lobbyists. They are parasites of the worst variety. Parasites sucking your representation right out of your elected representatives. Parasites sucking the honesty of politicians right out of Washington D.C. Parasites sucking democracy from a formerly free country.
Where does this end?
Now I read that Tyco International ($360K) and Siemens (A German conglomerate)-($1.3 million) are lobbying. Tyco is financially whining for more of the Homeland Security pie and extra Stimulus gravy (Specifically something Barrack Obama promised would not happen) and Siemens is pouring dollars on politicians for more defense spending, energy efficiency, federal housing matters, math and science education, Health information technology, privacy and security issues. Siemens-built power plants already supply one-third of North America’s electricity.
And our legal system allows this?
Isn’t it bad enough that American companies can spend dollars on politicians without getting foreign companies lining up at the dollar teat?
Lobbying and company campaign contributions are “bribery of American politicians one-step removed.” If you don’t believe it, correlate the companies that are getting tarp money with the companies that contributed to the election of senators and other elected officials.
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