How Do Lobbyists & Special Interests Influence Politicians? (DLive) by davidpakman

dlive · @davidpakman · Mar 9 '18

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How Do Lobbyists & Special Interests Influence Politicians? (DLive)

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### How Do Lobbyists & Special Interests Influence Politicians?

A caller to my program questioned the extent to which special interests influence lawmakers, and it proved to be a great opportunity to explain how it all works.

My video is at [DLive](https://dlive.io/video/davidpakman/4a3d54e0-23e0-11e8-b754-11f153771673)

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@mahanjonk · Mar 9 '18

dlive is best for sharing any vedio....carry on

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@eleftheriosart · Mar 9 '18

Since it is necessary to spend huge sums of money from candidate politicians to create a campaign for elections, there are of course exceptions, the political dependence on particular financial interests must be taken for granted.

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@sweetjoy · Mar 9 '18

How can the poor have a voice?  Seems large sums of money takes over the fairness in voting process.  Joy

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@duerstthewuerst · Mar 9 '18

They influence politicians with freedom!

👍 duerstthewuerst

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