2. Outline
What is lobbying?
How does lobbying affect us?
Stats and figures
What makes a lobbyist?
Thesis
Conclusion
3. What is Lobbying?
To lobby means to influence or persuade public officials to
take a desired action, usually to pass or kill legislation
Lobbying has always been a part of our political system,
however it has never had an influence on our elected
officials like it does today
Different varieties include:
Special Interest Lobbying
Direct Lobbying
Grassroots Lobbying
4. How Does Lobbying Affect Us?
Companies are better represented than you
Our elected officials, whether Democrat or Republican, sell
out their votes to stuff their pockets
Our elected officials no longer care about you
Money now controls Washington, NOT the people of The
United States of America
8. What Makes a Lobbyist?
A lobbyist is typically an ex-lawyer
Your neighbor, teacher, or even your weird roommate
could be one
Typically make anywhere between $100,000 – thousands of
millions of dollars in a year (which, because of tax
loopholes, they pay no taxes on)
9. Thesis:
Special interest lobbying is unethical because it is slowly
eroding our political system by our legislators and elected
officials voting based on who is paying them more for their
vote, rather than voting in the best interest of the
American people.
10. Conclusion
Special interest lobbying must become outlawed because it
serves absolutely no purpose other than making the rich
richer and the poor poorer. It is a complete contradiction
to what our Founding Fathers created.
No longer are there three branches of government, there
are four. At the top is lobbyism which controls the
Executive branch, the Legislative branch, and the Judicial
branch. We, as Americans, are no longer represented.