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To: Brumar89 who wrote (33328)	11/5/2012 10:19:48 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

<<A primary purpose of lobbyists is to protect and defend their clients from adverse action from politicians.>> To protect and defend their clients from adverse politicans. You mean, your politicans? Your democracy? Do you know how illogical that is? You don't know what lobbyists do, do you? That is not what they do. That is so wrong I am left breathless by your ignorance. Lobbyists don't defend their clients. They are advocates for whatever their client wants. If their client wants huge tax loopholes the lobbyist pays the legislator to pass it. Your legislator!! If an oil company wants to drill in the grand canyon they get a legislator to pass a bill allowing it. And as often as not the lobbyist writes it. If they want to cut all the trees down in the Sierra they get a legislator to pass it. If they want to pour mercury in the rivers they get a legislator to pass it. And they pay the legislators off big time. The lobbyist's pound the congress folks 100/1000 to 1 to get whatever their clients want e.g. the banks want no regualtions to keep doing what they are doing with no oversight. Teh banks got a 3% cut on federally insured student loans from Bush. For doing nothing. Free money to the banks. Lobbyists! Brumer, those legislators are the product of your democracy. They are your representatives. You feel lobbyists are protecting you from yourself? That is what you are saying!!! Boy, you have no idea what you are talking about.