In the US, it is illegal to give politically influential folks bribes, kickbacks, etc. However, corporations work around this by using lobbyists, which are basically someone constantly in contact with the politicians voicing the corporations best interests, guiding politicians towards bills and laws that would best interest corporations, and proposing such get made, too. In return, there's usually some kind of suggestion of campaign funding or something (not quite sure how it all works "legally" exactly, because it sounds so illegal, but its not.)
Meanwhile, the common people have the phone and email to contact their local politicians...whom pretty much ignore whatever the regular folks have to say. Unless, the regular folks get together in such mass as to not be ignored, or they hire their own lobbyist to push for their own agenda. (This can get tricky, since some "consumer advocacy" groups or what-not, which look like charitable groups trying to do what's best for the common person, are actually pushing their own agendas under the guise of consumer advocacy.)
Sadly, it's called "politics" for a reason...
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Originally Posted by Fenryr
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