Reply #11: Lobbyists are *how* you buy congresscritters. [View All]

[joshcryer]

Lobbying is far more powerful than elective funding, and is where most corrupt funding goes.

Go here: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/

Then compare industries: http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/index.php

And actual donors: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A

Note how heavily slanted the Republicans are toward corporate interests. And people say there's no difference between Dems and Repubs. The difference is stark.