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kiba on Oct 2, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google's CEO: 'The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists'

Finnancial lobbying should be outlawed. It's very equivalent to the ability to buying votes and we know that buying power is very unequally spread across the country. I find it shocking that anyone would doubt that. BTW, financial lobbying is outlawed in most other democracies.

I am sure that there will be loopholes to exploit.

akkartik on Oct 2, 2010 [–]

It's better than nothing. A heck of a lot better.

danielnicollet on Oct 2, 2010 | [–]

Of course it's better and again, the experience of other democracies (say in Scandinavia for instance) proves it beyond the shadow of a doubt.

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