Opinion New York’s primary is ‘closed shut’ by insane registration rules

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Originally Posted by barbara

Anybody can help craft legislation once they know how. Don't have to be a lobbyist.

This is the way I see it. It's possible that a single person or even a citizen group can try and help with legislation. But it's a full time job, I have a family member who I am very close to doing it in DC for the tech secctor. Who can afford to do this full time voluntarily, or better yet if you can be paid handsomely for it. No one walks away from easy money. Once one can game the system at the federal level, who cares what happens at the state and local level? How do you think Debbie 'What's her name' gamed the primary process for your hero Hillary?

Just one example to wake you up from your dream world.

"People on the Hill don't stay as long," he says. "You don't get as good people on the Hill. The expertise on policy making more and more has moved to the private sector, and it's moved to represent those organizations and companies who can afford to pay for it, which generally isn't you and me. It's big banks and Big Oil and big companies."

When Lobbyists Literally Write The Bill

When Lobbyists Literally Write The Bill

Aren't we all happy for Bush and Obama for bailing out the big banks?