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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskey_Clear" data-source="post: 142863" data-attributes="member: 735"><p>Lobbyists work both aisles of Congress pretty hard. It's naive to say only corporate lobbyists aligned with the right do so. I know for a fact this is not the case. My old man graduated from Tech with bachelors in Civil Engineering...also obtained his Masters at Tech...Civil again with some sort of focus on hydrodynamics (I'm not an engineer so sorry for not being more precise here). Bottom line is this, he had a long career at the Southern Company (gasp...a corporation oh my) , was a member of NHA (National Hydropower Association) for many years and indeed lobbied members of Congress to promote hydropower. He was never paid to do so. Did it on his own time and on his own dime to promote something he was passionate about, hydropower. But he did go up against green lobbyists who did lobby for pay and championed those I'd label as environmental whackos....though I expect stinger would classify them as environmental saints. </p><p>To summarize though I will repeat. It is incredibly naive to think only corporations lobby Congress on this matter. Equally naive imo to believe that only "corporate" lobbyists benefit financially through their lobbying efforts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whiskey_Clear, post: 142863, member: 735"] Lobbyists work both aisles of Congress pretty hard. It's naive to say only corporate lobbyists aligned with the right do so. I know for a fact this is not the case. My old man graduated from Tech with bachelors in Civil Engineering...also obtained his Masters at Tech...Civil again with some sort of focus on hydrodynamics (I'm not an engineer so sorry for not being more precise here). Bottom line is this, he had a long career at the Southern Company (gasp...a corporation oh my) , was a member of NHA (National Hydropower Association) for many years and indeed lobbied members of Congress to promote hydropower. He was never paid to do so. Did it on his own time and on his own dime to promote something he was passionate about, hydropower. But he did go up against green lobbyists who did lobby for pay and championed those I'd label as environmental whackos....though I expect stinger would classify them as environmental saints. To summarize though I will repeat. It is incredibly naive to think only corporations lobby Congress on this matter. Equally naive imo to believe that only "corporate" lobbyists benefit financially through their lobbying efforts. [/QUOTE]
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