Lobbyists by definition are representatives of minority/special interests. Those special interests would not do as well or survive in the real world without the intercession of government.
Lobbyists and special interests are the main forces that run America's government.
Therefore America's government policies are titlted to supporting laws, regulations and programs that would not do as well or survive in the real world.
A recent example shows the power of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers in successfully fighting better fuel economy standards for the past 30-plus years. What the automakers profited in sales of high-margined SUV's and trucks they lost in market share to automakers that built cars that people could afford to buy and operate.
Another example are recent test scores in California schools. Only 40% of students were "proficient" in English and 35% were "proficient" in Math. Lobbyists from the National Education Assoc., American Trial Lawyers , ACLU and other civil rights groups sacrificed the object of education to the social/political goals of schooling equality. Equality has still not been achieved but the overall level of "proficiency"' has been reduced.
The fiasco in Iraq has clearly demonstrated the cost of supporting the lies and ambitions of the military-industrial complex, Evangelicals and Zionists. Their respective lobbying organizations are the most powerful in America.
Special interests are a kind of a lie or denial of reality. Therefore they are expensive and do not last.
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