Reply #36: It wouldn't bother me one bit if they did away with the lobbying industry [View All]

[AndyA]

completely. All the lobbyists do is put pressure on government officials so that their clients get what they want. It costs a lot of money, the cost of which is passed on to consumers, so we're essentially paying for legislation that is often not to our benefit. The phone company wants to charge more fees, so they spend millions paying lobbyists to make it happen, then pass the cost of the lobbying along to their customers, in addition to the new fee that they usually seem to always get.

Lobbyists are the new used car salesman. The lowest of the low, and we should just do away with them. Let them find legitimate jobs. They do nothing to help the American people, they just cost us money.