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Only One Cure for too Many Lobbyists

AfterShock3 Wrote: Mar 01, 2010 9:45 AM

national sales tax. I think it's the best way to fund smaller government and keep a lid on spending. If the tax gets set too high people buy less, government loses revenue. It places a greater degree of control over revenue and spending with the people. When people stop buying or sharply reduce spending, you can bet the lobbyists will be out in droves to pressure representatives to lower tax rates and curtail government's spending. Have to repeal the 16th amendment as well as employer tax withholding.

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Only One Cure for too Many Lobbyists

High profile Senators who announce their retirements—like Evan Bayh of Indiana—will probably make millions in new careers as lobbyists. Since 1998, more than 200 members of Congress left office to enter private life and more than 40% of them registered as lobbyists, working to influence their former colleagues. Special interests spend billions to win special treatment from Congress but lobbying remains the only profession explicitly protected by the Constitution – which guarantees the right to petition the government.

The only way to reduce the power of lobbyists is to reduce the size of government. The more tax money Washington spends, the...

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