@stanleybmanly “The word is LOBBYIST, and it should come as no surprise that money is used to leverage the rules in favor of those who have it.”
My husband’s a lobbyist. He lobbies for children’s rights, so he literally saves children’s lives. Children have no voices and no money, so my husband gets paid very modestly and hasn’t had a raise in 3 years. He’s constantly scraping-up donations to get pro-child candidates elected and promote children’s initiatives at every level of government.
I’ve lived most of my life inside the Beltway, so I couldn’t agree more about how corporate money and official greed have corrupted the system. I just want to make the case that “lobbyist” isn’t a four-letter word. Actually, the term now has so many ugly connotations, lobbyists have started to say that they work in “government relations” or “legislative affairs.” I’m old enough to remember when lobbying was a prestigious, desired job that made people brag at cocktail parties!