Archive for Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Time to change lobbying laws
October 1, 2008
To the editor:
Who is to blame for the current national financial crisis/bailout of Wall Street and Main Street?
In my opinion, it is the fault of the 40,000 lobbyists in Washington, D.C., who are able to use the free speech clause in the 1st Amendment in the U.S. Constitution to give unlimited financial assistance to members of Congress while petitioning their client’s grievances.
Unfortunately, most of our elected representatives do not have the ethical intestinal fortitude to refuse these payment temptations. Current members, still in Congress, who were paid off by Jack Abramoff, should refresh a few minds.
This form of bribery could simply be stopped by a constitutional amendment making the lobbyist loophole illegal. When will someone with power and stature step forward and start the process for change of this travesty before it is too late?
Donald G. Siedenburg
Shawnee
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