re: It's time we start calling "lobbying" what it truly is

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Bribery and prostitution. In my opinion it's treasonous to put special interests above the good of the country and above the good of the people.

I don't particularly like Trump

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Lobbyists are everybody's favorite boogeyman. People always hate lobbyists unless the lobbyists are arguing for their point of view, then lobbyists are great.

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sn't it legal though? If it is legal... than where the complaint?

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Research proves what we have all been sensing for a long time: the root cause of so many of the problems that exist in our country (environment, education, healthcare, economy, freedom, privacy) is the way in which money is able to buy access and, therefore, disproportionately influence policy makers in America (1). Despite the writing on the wall, I do not believe that it’s too late, but I do believe that we must do every single thing in our power, right now, to correct this trajectory while we still can, or else the centuries-old experiment of democracy in America could fail. It is that serious, which is precisely why I made the difficult decision to upend my life as a highschool teacher and work on this plan full time.
Wolf-PAC has one goal: to get an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that will reverse the damage that has been done by the U.S. Supreme Court around campaign finance reform. The solution to this problem is an Amendment because the U.S. Constitution is the only authority above the High Court. Anything less is a bandaid, and I refuse to leave this growing problem to future generations.
An Amendment that addresses campaign finance reform is not a silver bullet. Few things in life are, but it is an extremely important step to moving our country in the direction it needs to go?—?towards elections that are free of the corrupting influence of money in our political system and fair enough that any citizen can run for office, not just millionaires and their allies. I want to live in a country where elected officials work to please their voters, not their donors; where candidates are encouraged to discuss the merits of their ideas, not the talking points given to them by special interests.
There are only two ways to propose a U.S. Constitutional Amendment, as stated in Article V of the U.S. Constitution:
? of each house of Congress can vote to propose an amendment, or
? of the states (34 states) can pass a resolution that calls for a national convention to propose an amendment.
Article V also states that either way the amendment is proposed, whether by Congress or a convention, it then goes back to the states for approval (aka “ratification”). The ratification stage requires ¾ of the states, 38 states, to vote in support of an amendment before it becomes part of the Constitution, ensuring that it must have broad public support from the American people.

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