Like all things it is possible to corrupt the intended process. Bribes given and accepted does not make for a government of the people. MO
Tom Daschle and his wife, that was a lobbyist for the airlines and the legislation that was proposed and passed during their time EI.
Theoretically, it is legal; and it is definitely a conflict of intersts.
Just one instance among thousands.
Everyone knows about Daschle and his wife, but if actual bribes can’t be proved, lobbyists are a legal and Constitutionally protected part of the process. Just like the boogeyman issue of PACs and the dreaded “earmarks”, they’re all phony issues that have been created as a political smokescreen to deflect from the real horror of Democrat ruled America.