Taking money to influence your decisions on a matter, regardless of its legality, seems really bogus to me. It strikes me as a huge conflict of interest that our policy makers are allowed to accept money from special interest groups.
@Fireside I don’t really believe that taking lobby money is, in any way, as selfless as you describe. It’s money spent with the intention that the politician will vote down policies that will negatively affect that specific lobby group.
@Marina I don’t get it. Why is it only the appearance of a conflict of interest?