What would happen if the government could ban interest groups from lobbying the federal government?
953812
It would be harder to get a point across, but might give a better balance in how things get done
80754
There would be a frenzy.  Look at how people are going after meaningless points, me included.  Just imagine what offering  money would do to us.
548876
In the US corporations are not allows to provide funding to elect federal candidates. The idea is to prevent undo influence over the voter.
708837
No, that would mean much less people would support it.
272776
Very simple - they are the best funded special interest groups. Therefore they are able to hire more and better skilled lobbyists and lawyers.
80505
the entire IRS and Federal Government!It would give everyone a break for a while,Im sure they have back up parasites.
322110
nothing would come of it.if the feds controlled gas prices then it would be worse.they would charge twice as much so that they could get more tax money off of it.
186148
Absolutely not! Government funds are not to be allocated to religious organizations. The founding fathers of the United States of America would be turning in their grave. When religous groups want to start taking advantage of federal fund and programs, then those same groups can start paying taxes.
926926
It would if the Government controlled the Media. If there was one station and one newspaper owned by the Government like in Italy or similar I would be worried.\n\nIn UK and US there are that many media outlets and stations which have allegiances to all the different parties, they kind of even themselves up.\n\nYou buy the paper that sings from the same hymn sheet as yourself.
1115268
I think joining the FBI would squash your dream of becoming a politician.  People would look at you as a former federal agent, and they would distrust you both as a bureaucrat and as a sort of "big brother" part of the government.
971823
Probably so.  The public would then have a chance to see just how far left the Democratic party (especially Nancy) has gone.  Unfortunately, there might be some serious damage to the judges nominated to federal courts by then.
369899
You will have to run for public office, then turn the church of the pink unicorn into a non-profit organization, which will then allow you to disburse many thousands of taxpayer dollars to your cause, and with money, people will become interested. When your following is large enough, or exclusive enough, you can begin to invite celebrities and politicians to be in it. You could make it like a secret club. After you have done all of that, then you can begin telling people they are going to hell. Your group will be riding to heaven on the back of the pink unicorn.
958948
It would be the "Land of Jousting."  The Republicans on one side of the country and the Democrats on the other.  They would shout insults at each other and then give each other the "thumbs up" or the "thumbs down."  Some would be clones and would try to sneak into the other side, but they would be caught and would suffer unbearable thumbs down before they were "deleted."
839056
We'd make you a bit less religious and make you stop selling guns to anyone in the street. We'd also give George Bush a slap and put a stop to that PBS nonsense, asking for money every 5 minutes, it's like watching a channel made by the homeless. Oh, and make you play proper sports. Other than that you're fine.
23894
No, this would lead to abuse of power.  If the president thinks a Federal Law is restraining him in the duties of his office, then he should talk with congress about this and have the law changed.\n\nThere are arguments for not being able to sue a sitting president, becuase then the opposition could file lawsuits to distract the president.  This arugement does not really stand today due to the fact that lawyers would handel that and the president would have minimual involment with the case itself, so little distraction would take place.
491870
If the funding is from a corporation...YES (but legally this is called "lobbying")\nIf the funding is from an individual donor... NO  .... its called answering your constituents.\nIf the funds are from a foreign country's government...YES its called treason !
506647
Nothing to slow down It's not the congressmen and senators who read the bills. The lobbyists are given the job of writing and reading the legislation and that saves the two houses of congress the trouble. Gives them more time to fund raise.They might do this in part not to embarrass the president,as he doesn't read either.