Lobbyists spend more money on Congress than taxpayers do

BamaPokerplayer · Apr 30, 2015

http://rare.us/story/lobbyists-spend-more-money-on-congress-than-taxpayers-do/

. ‘Corporations now spend about $2.6 billion a year on reported lobbying expenditures – more than the $2 billion we spend to fund the House ($1.16 billion) and Senate ($820 million).’ […]
The corporate lobbying budget only began regularly exceeding Congress’s operating budget in the early-2000s. But the gap has been widening since then, and that’s good news for lobbyists, who are at their best when they’re making arguments that no one is even bothering to check, much less rebut.

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jthomas666 · Apr 30, 2015

Does this surprise anyone?

twofbyc · Apr 30, 2015

Nope
www.represent.us

TommyMac · Apr 30, 2015

Lobbying should have never been allowed and any rep caught selling their votes for money should be subject to an automatic stiff punishment including prison time. Sadly, that would only happen if the foxes weren't guarding the hen house.

TideEngineer08 · Apr 30, 2015

This is why the system is broken.

Bamaro · Apr 30, 2015

The system is broken because of the obscene amount of money needed to run a campaign.

TideEngineer08 · Apr 30, 2015

Bamaro said:
The system is broken because of the obscene amount of money needed to run a campaign.

That too.

Catfish · Apr 30, 2015

Sounds about right. You get what you pay for.

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