Lobbying is literally a scam.

Stuff I use & recommend:

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A Senator has his staffers draft up a bill that would effectively put you out of business.

When the government threatens your business’s livelihood like this, you hire a lobbyist in DC to do the work for you. And you just turned into a “special interest group” that just hired their first lobbyist.

The main reason why people hire lobbyists is to get the government to stop doing something, or to get the government to do something that would benefit them. Whatever the reason is, this is why the business of legal bribes is so big.

In business, people sell goods and services, in DC, lobbyists sell ideas their clients want them to sell. If you do it right, politicians will never even realize they’re being legally bribed. The last thing you want to do is to scream and yell at these politicians about how “if you don’t support this bill...l!” But at the same time, the conversation is almost never just “give me $100,000 and I’ll vote this way”. No matter who you are, if someone does something for you without asking, you’re gonna be compelled to return the favor in order to maintain your self image as a fair, just person.

In January 2006, Jack Abramoff was sentenced to six years in federal prison for conspiracy to bribe public officials, tax evasion, etc. They were accused of secretly splitting multi-million dollar profits. Abramoff became the poster child for everything that was wrong with big money in politics. If he was the biggest and only villain in DC, when he finally went to prison - why didn’t corruption in DC end?

Everyone cringes at the thought of dirty “special interest” groups and “lobbyists” - but are they the only problem? Are they the only ones in Washington with “special” interests? After all, the only thing that gives these “evil” lobbyists any power is because of the simple fact that the politicians have power to be bought in the first place! The bigger the government gets, the more potential for corruption there will be. If you believe in that, you’re gonna have to accept that big money will always be a part of big politics.

Rockefeller is often remembered as the richest man in history, the king of the greedy capitalist pigs. Yet, since he got his first job as a broke 16 year old, one thing he always made time for, no matter how broke he was, was charitable giving. So before you go complaining about how big corporations rule the world and how unfair life is - the solution might just be right inside your wallet.
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[midimusicforever]

It should be illegal, but the lobbyists will never allow that to happen.

[gorthsleeperofwomen]

And just like that, Jake Tran just got “invited” to a CIA black site in Syria

[ExpressShirtself]

*Amazon: "$15/hr wage"*
*Crowd: * Cheers**
*Amazon: (They didn't let me finish about layoffs)*

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Politics: “Poli” a Latin word meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures".”
― Robin Williams

[shaddjimenez]

*I never thought about this as much as the other “bigger” and more public things that are going on in the world right now, thanks for educating us.*

[wetc.]

Ah, jake Tran, refugee from work, a place to relax, a place to learn, thank you for your service brother 🤝

[-barndon]

I’m literally writing an essay about this for my senior essay rn and it’s super ironic that you made a video on it. Great work man

[VeryProPlayerYesSir]

Lobbyist: "I did nothing wrong. The problem is politicians have all the power."
Politician: "I did nothing wrong. The peasants vote me in and let me flex a little bit of power."
Even in 3rd world authoritarian regime, people still have to lobby for influences.

[panosts]

And just like that Jake Tran got drafted to the front line in Syria

[elenabob]

About the lobbyist, I had the impression that they are highly motivated people with great verbal capabilities able to convince people. That was true until I have seen on Louis Rossman channel the videos about the right to repair. Lobbyist had zeto arguments but they easily mentioned "if you want more constructive conversations we can do it in private"

[wolfgoatassweat]

Jake doing jujitsu training in prepartion for the day the fbi finally comes for him

[HelDeo]

"Or you're the kind of person that watches like this, *you're obviously an ambitious and hardworking person* "

Yes Jake, totally

[nighttime]

As a person who already knew what is lobbying - Great video!
It's really sad that most people don't know how serious this problem is.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
― George W. Bush

[LoudRevised]

Ah yes I love learning how to subvert democracy.

[j.r.]

*Next Video on Take Jran:*
*"How to get legally bribed."*

[AceFromGorillaz]

Outlaw lobbying and corruption will be reduced in huge numbers. But it seems like both parties profit greatly from it especially when they're both owned by the same donors.

[truthtell]

It baffles me why people allow this to go on. It's legalized corruption.

[osiris]

Honestly guys the built bars are the best protein bars I’ve had too, I actually eat them as a snack once in awhile.

[Beregorn]

Bribes? I thought they were called "consultation fees". Like the 800'000$ that Citadel payed to the secretary of treasure in 2020...