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human
I don't believe lobbying is ethically or morally right. CMV.

I understand the basics of lobbying (specifically in the United States), but I don't believe it is *ethically or morally sound. I do believe lobbying should exist though, just somehow in a different form.*

Let's take the United States recently passed "Obamacare" for instance. The insurance companies were lobbying to have the bill passed. These insurance comapnies obviously have quite a bit of capital to hire the best of the best to lobby for them, so how is this right? The "Average Joe American" could be against the bill, but how can he voice his opinion in a prominent way that's on par with the insurance companies?

I feel bills are passed based on the opinion of whoever throws the most money out for ads, lobbyists, etc, and therefor silences those who have opposing view points. CMV

*edited for clarity*
gpt
I don't think you *do* understand the basics of lobbying. Most people don't. They conceptualize lobbying as some kind of magic process, where money goes in the hole and, if you've put enough money in, the result comes out.

But in reality, lobbying is just talking to politicians to try to convince them that what you want is right. How can it be immoral for lobbyists to talk to politicians, but not immoral for *you* to talk to politicians?