Why Political Lobbying is Allowed & Encouraged - Defending the Indefensible - How Money Works | How Money Works

Why Political Lobbying is Allowed & Encouraged - Defending the Indefensible - How Money Works Sign up for my newsletter https://compoundeddaily.com 👈 3.5 billion dollars were spent on political lobbying in 2019 alone. What’s more is that political donations funded presidential add campaigns that topped 14 billion dollars. These astronomical sums are not reserved for the big leagues of federal politics either, every year vast fortunes are spent influencing policy decisions from, the oval office and federal congress all the way down to local city councils. But why is this allowed? Political lobbying combined with huge campaign contributions from wealthy individuals and companies has started to seem tantamount to bribery, where the best interests of the voting public are seconded to who can write the biggest donation check fundamentally undermining democratic processes…. Right? Well it’s time to defend the indefensible by learning how money works to influence politics and why we should want it to stay like this. #PoliticalLobbying #Lobbying #HowMoneyWorks ___________________________________________________________________________ Political Lobbying is constitutional big business small business incentives taxation policy how to personal finance stimulus checks for corporate bailout for big companies stock market rally banking finance donations to policy decisions and how money works are political donations bribery is mitt romney joe biden donald trump bernie sanders Elizabeth warren using political donations for re election campaigns that cost too much money from taxpayer funding Follow to learn How Money Works. Find How Money Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowMoneyWorks Disclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally created by How Money Works. It was developed by a fan who values the channel’s clear and engaging approach to financial education, with the goal of making that knowledge more accessible in a hands-free, audio format. This is not an official production of How Money Works, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content remain with How Money Works. For any concerns, inquiries, or content-related requests, please feel free to reach out. - ---------------- ---- Keywords: investment strategies, stock market, debt crisis, gig economy, market crash, financial independence, money management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices