It is not illegal at all. The SCOTUS said so themselves: money is speech, and corporations can “donate” as much as they want. Lobbying that is not bribery is simply ignored. As long as money changes hands, it is bribery; what makes it legal is to drop a check on the desk and say “my client has some concerns about upcoming legislation” instead of saying “you can have this money if you vote how I say to vote.”
I mean, really…this has been a long-standing, well known issue for all of my life. For you to sit there and say it isnt real is just downright absurd. You are the time vampire in this conversation.
It is not illegal at all. The SCOTUS said so themselves: money is speech, and corporations can “donate” as much as they want. Lobbying that is not bribery is simply ignored. As long as money changes hands, it is bribery; what makes it legal is to drop a check on the desk and say “my client has some concerns about upcoming legislation” instead of saying “you can have this money if you vote how I say to vote.” I mean, really…this has been a long-standing, well known issue for all of my life. For you to sit there and say it isnt real is just downright absurd. You are the time vampire in this conversation.