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Originally posted by tabs
Back in the glorious 1970s, Corporations didn't have Lobbiests, they felt they didn't need em. Then along came a bunch of Liberal do gooders who were concerned about the environment. They Lobbied Congress hard to do saomething about protecting the environment from further degradation at the hands of Corporate America. The result was the EPA...
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I can't believe you made such an absurd statement. Lobbyists have been around since the Constitution was ratified, and became particularly onerous after 1850, and stunningly powerful from the Lincoln regime onward.