How else are you going to get rid of the lobbyists?
I'm not trying to. The hype around lobbyists is dramatically overblown. The most basic and foundational principal of our democracy is that everyone has the right to advocate for what they believe. Lobbyists are people who do this professionally. They're not robbing people, they're not assaulting people, they're just advocating for an issue. If you don't like where their influence leads then get mad at the politicians who listened to them, because they're the ones with the actual power who made the actual decisions and whose responsibility is to the rest of us, not the lobbyists.
You claimed the lobbyists are responsible for shifting wealth to the rich. Bullshit. Not a single lobbyist anywhere took a vote on a single policy that lead to that outcome. They don't have that power.
If I were a politician I would meet with lobbyists regularly. What better way is there to understand the other side of an issue than to talk to someone who gets paid to spread that viewpoint? I am pro gun safety, so I would hear what the gun lobby has to say. I am for lowering the price of prescription drugs, so I would meet with drug companies. If I am wrong, these are the people who could show me how. Why is it that someone like Kim Kardashian goes to the White House to lobby for the release of a federal prisoner and no one cares, but people who do it for a living are evil?
