Originally posted by Wien_Sean:
The legislature will tell you they cannot live without lobbyists because they simply do not have enough time to be educated on every issue and bill that passes them.



They might indeed say that but it is laziness, pure and simple. If they are not doin independent research on issues, they are not doing the job..period. They need to hire whatever staff they need to research for them and they must QC check the work.

Very analogous to a doctor who gets all his info on new medicine from a drug rep..

1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760) "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." -Soren Kierkegaard (as posted by Jato)