Kachi wrote:
The issue isn't about the company doing what it feels is in it's best interest, but with the way in which the Republicans respond to said lobbying. Creating inefficient "small" government regulations and legislation seemingly with the sole goal of rewarding said funds is somewhat of a hallmark of the Republican Party political methodology.
Except that this part doesn't make any sense at all. Small government policy doesn't result in more regulations on industry. It results in less. You can't just swap the words around, they also kinda have to make sense.
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One could also put forth the statement that companies lobby the DNC in order to support them in order to get them to pick them as the winners of their regulations...
Yes. They realize that the Dems are "big government" advocates, and thus they'd better make sure that when the winners and losers are picked by government regulations, that they're in the "winners" group.
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...and when they realize that the GOP might be running things, they lobby in order to get them to *not* burden them with regulations that will hurt their business.
Yes. Exactly. It's amazing that you managed to type something while not even remotely comprehending what you were typing.
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It's not about a company's actions, but the political methodology of the parties themselves that determines the results.
Yup. The Dems follow a policy of using government regulation and legislation to control industry and to pick winners and losers. Thus, when companies lobby the Dems they are doing so to prevent the Dems from doing bad things to them and to try to get them to do good things for them instead. When companies lobby the GOP, they don't need any strings or deals attached since the GOP is largely going to by nature just leave them alone to their business.
Fail utterly to grasp that the different political ideologies absolutely affects the *why* of lobbying?
EDIT: Let me put this in terms you might just be able to grasp.
Let's say you're a student. Now, there's two cliques of students fighting each other to run the school. One group believes that students should be left alone. The other is a group of bullies who run around taking the lunch money from students they don't like and sharing it with their friends. They use the lunch money they steal to buy the support of other students. Some years, the first group wins. Other years, the second group wins. Well, a smart student might support the first group in the hope that they'll win, knowing that things under their "rule" will be better for them and for everyone. However, if he thinks the second group might come to power, he might just pony up to them so that he'll be one of the people rewarded with free lunches instead of getting his lunch stolen.
That's pretty much the difference between the Republican and Democratic parties with regard to how they approach the market and especially domestic industry. Again, it's not just that companies lobby the Dems (duh), but why they do so. The Dems offer a far less "honest" rationale. They're basically shaking people down. They're the political equivalent of a protection racket. What's amazing to me is how many people refuse to see it.
Edited, Nov 29th 2010 1:23pm by gbaji