Nothing in our government...health, welfare, transportation, security, life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness will ever be achievable until we outlaw lobbying. Lobbying, IMO, is the apple dangling in front of Eve. If Congress deems physicians criminal for accepting a pen with the name of a drug company on it, then surely, they are ten-fold worse.
Pay our representatives a very nice salary which should be the lone stimulus for their loyalty to their constituents. Severely limit party contributions to one's election, for the political parties also are nothing but lobbyists.
To me, these two things seem so simple to achieve. And, nothing will ever serve The People more readily than representative who truely serve The People, rather than the pocket-gilding by special interest groups.
Americans of all economics walks should stand up strong and demand this legislation.

Leslie

Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC

"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "