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== [[Lobbyist]]s and PACs ==

== [[Lobbyist]]s and PACs ==

[[Lobbyist]]s are people hired by large [[company|companies]] or [[interest group]]s to try to influence [[public policy]].  They work in the [[capital]] [[city|cities]] of [[States of the Unites States of America|states]] (e.g., [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey|NJ]], or [[Jefferson City]], [[Missouri|MO]], or [[Austin]], [[Texas|TX]]) or in [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[capital]] of the [[federal government]].  Federal lobbyists have offices on “K” street, a luxurious area of D.C.  In 1968, there were only 62 [[lobbyist]]s there.  Now there are 21,000 of them, mostly well paid.

[[Lobbyist]]s are people hired by large [[company|companies]] or [[interest group]]s to try to influence [[public policy]].  They work in the [[capital]] [[city|cities]] of [[States of the United States of America|states]] (e.g., [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey|NJ]], or [[Jefferson City]], [[Missouri|MO]], or [[Austin]], [[Texas|TX]]) or in [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[capital]] of the [[federal government]].  Federal lobbyists have offices on “K” street, a luxurious area of D.C.  In 1968, there were only 62 [[lobbyist]]s there.  Now there are 21,000 of them, mostly well paid.

Their job is to make friends with [[congressman|congressmen]] and [[senator]]s and the [[president]] and their staffs, and then exert influence on [[legislation]] or an action by a [[federal]] [[agency]].  The [[lobbyist]]s play [[golf]] with the [[politician]]s, send them birthday cards, take their staff out to dinner, and show up at the [[Christmas]] [[party|parties]].  When a [[tragedy]] strikes, they are there to make people feel better.  The [[lobbyist]]s thereby form [[bond]]s that become very strong and influential.

Their job is to make friends with [[congressman|congressmen]] and [[senator]]s and the [[president]] and their staffs, and then exert influence on [[legislation]] or an action by a [[federal]] [[agency]].  The [[lobbyist]]s play [[golf]] with the [[politician]]s, send them birthday cards, take their staff out to dinner, and show up at the [[Christmas]] [[party|parties]].  When a [[tragedy]] strikes, they are there to make people feel better.  The [[lobbyist]]s thereby form [[bond]]s that become very strong and influential.