For election reform. Remove the arbitrary cap on the number of Congressional representatives, bring the ratio of people to reps from 750k to 1 down to 50k to one, and possibly eliminate geographic districting, and, using the 14th amendment, link state apportionment to voter participation rates.
If people stopped saying "let's evict the lobbyists out of Washington" and start saying "let's put our lobbyists into Washington" :-) Why it's so difficult for people to organise, right? So much to be gained from organised labour - and from organised politics as well.
@chuco915C we should have an official group of government whose job it is to take law requests and submit those requests in an official manner and then the people vote on those ideas in a public and governmental forum. The most popular ones get passed on to legislators. The people who submit the requests should get paid a fixed salary by the government. The people who come in to voice their ideas should pay a small service fee (like $10) to submit an idea and that money goes back to the government as taxes.
Lobbying is legalized bribery as soon as money is involved. I wish politicians would just do their job and make informed decisions with any information provided to them.
"It's incredibly expensive to run for office," but with free internet and social media, wouldn't it be easy to publicize your platform? The cost of expensive 30-second TV ads, where you learn nothing about the candidate except a catchphrase or a smear of the opposing politician, seems ineffectual.
Surely the most obvious improvement would be to ban lobbyists from doing any work that could benefit politicians and government officials. So that includes fundraisers but also any gifts, holidays, favours for family members, offers for future jobs etc.
The thing is, can you even enforce it? I agree with you that forbidding it would be a signal. But ultimately there could be Big Tobacco Lobbyist and Big Tobacco Fundraiser and both these guys will claim to be independent (and protected by free speech). But when the politician help the Lobbyist, the Fundraiser will help the politician.
@@miroslavhoudek7085 I agree it's tricky but I also feel like we have to try. Our democracy is increasingly run by big corporations who often act against the interests of citizens. Often shortening our lives and causing us harm. We surely can't just shrug our shoulders and give up.
@@miroslavhoudek7085 i'd be hopeful that a just society could do some investigation into groups that try to legally evade their real purpose. it is just baffling to me though that money could at all affect the judgement of legal decisions when money is completely irrelevant to the argument of the decisions themselves.. the only people concerned about the relevance of the money in legal decisions are the lawyers and the judges, which is literally a scam of money, and justice.
@@ruan13o oh no, I agree. But markets are a real thing and you can't prevent corporations from 1) having money and 2) finding a way to spend it in their interest. You can't so simply outlaw it because they can always hire the smartest people to avoid the laws, bend the laws, find loopholes in them. My humble (truly humble) opinion is that solution is not some active minority - like you and me - somehow making a law (or two) that will fix the world. The only true solid permanent solution is majority of citizens becoming aware and active and they will 1) spend their own money to have lobbyist work for us. And we are so much more powerful than corporations can ever dream of. Because we have money but we also 2) have legs to walk to the points of power in large numbers and voice our opinions - and notably 3) we also have all the votes. Also also 4) corporations are owned by some of us through direct stock ownership or through hedge funds that should listen to what we want. Not take our money and go on a power trip with them. There's a saying that people have the government they deserve. If people are willing to bow their heads or get manipulated, they will get what they deserve. And you can't really legislate your way out of it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ People have to start pulling their weights, spend their money, do the learning etc.
Myles, great video. I loved how you informed without painting an overly simplistic view. Insight about about Lobbyists can come from a similar to another job that is often villainized - Medical Sales Reps. Though Medical Sales Reps can (at times) use inappropriate means to influence a sale, they also provide information, training, and support that doctors need to be successful. I am sure when you go to your doctor I am sure you want them to provide you with the best treatment but so much has changed since they left medical school and even medical school can't train them on everything. That is often where a Medical Sales Rep comes in - he is an expert on the medicines he represents and can help a doctor understand what they are and where they can be used so he can make the best decision for you. The best Lobbyists can do the same thing for a Congressman. Congressmen can't be an expert on everything and the public almost certainly is not. Issues are complex and if he only listened to superficial he could very easily sponsor a bill that sounded great on the surface but actually was disastrous for his constituents.
I'm surprised at how little information that contained, and yet I didn't notice until the end. I guess that's a compliment if you're trying to be entertaining instead of informative
Good for Legislators + Good for Lobbyists = Not Good for Everybody Else. With the legislative branch writing thousand-page bills, somebody has to actually do the work of writing down the specifics.
In some cases, particularly at local and state level lawmaking, lobbyists actually help write the bills: www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/asbestos-sharia-law-model-bills-lobbyists-special-interests-influence-state-laws/
The downside of lobbying is that people with money/power always have longer breath and more opportunities. But let's say we keep lobbying, what could help? For example like back in Greek to get random politicians. This way you start from 0 every time a new election happens so that you cannot take one politician and hope (or even help) that they stay for years and work for your interests. Through the randomness you don't have to fight (and loose ressources on that) for reelection.
I was actually paying close attention to US ARK not long ago. There was some points in an upcoming bill that would make it very difficult to own or sell exotic pets. As a person who keeps Tarantulas, I had a vested interest on how it played out.
I would lobby that all veterans would get veteran's day off as a holiday, regardless of their company's policy. As a veteran, I've had to work most veteran's days while my wife, who works for a federal contractor and is not a veteran gets the day off. That's the bill I'd like to see passed.
I say we take it a step further and make it so that all veterans never have to work a day again in their life. Why is risking one’s life not reason enough to be taken care of? 🤷 You deserve better 🙌
Big Green is a lobby too. Where's the Food Service Workers lobby, Parents lobby, Child Safety Lobby, I'll bet there's a general "black" lobby, but that needs to be cut up, what about a Millenial Lobby?
At this point I am looking for my new client but so many companies are so frustrating. So if you know a company looking for a lobbyist I am your guy. I am here in Washington D.C.
Lobbying isn’t as lucrative as it sounds - for every registered lobbyist in DC that’s at least doing okay, there’s another working for a smaller organization who’s barely making a livable wage. A big reason why is supply and demand - there are a lot more qualified people interested in government relations and public policy jobs than there are jobs available. Source: I’m a lobbyist.
Great info buddy, liked the way you presented.. Me also introducing a global positive style of Lobbying in professional way rather than a kickback or bribery style
4 day work week - just asks for employer 4 day work week and it will be. Why need law for that? If some emploeer does not offer 4 day work week, go to another until you get. The more people will do this, the more emploers will be forced to acept that because they will not have choice. SImple.
What I didn't understand was the line "I don't have any political currency, I'm not up for reelection" Why would somebody who's term is up looking for votes have political currency? I would think someone with political currency would be someone who is head of a committee or has decision making authority. If you where to say that the guy who is up for reelection has political currency because he needs the votes and thus is willing to push a bill the voters want, then the political currency would be the willingness of a member to push a law. I'm missing something here, who can put their two cents in?
Personally I would like to lobby for a bill that would establish additional tax penalties for publicly traded corporations as well as tax incentives for privately owned corporations. This is because I believe publicly traded corporations are put under immense pressure by shareholders and their own greed to pursue short-term profits over long-term sustainability of the company. This pursuit of short-term profits ends up creating a majority of the problems that we face globally including (but not limited to) pollution, shrinkflation and lack of consumer ownership. If they must go this way of seeking unlimited monetary growth at the cost of everything else then they damn well better pay for it in much higher taxes. We cannot ban public trading because it is a global phenomenon. Taxation is the next best thing.
If you could lobby for any law to get passed, what would it be…and how would you work your strategy?
For election reform. Remove the arbitrary cap on the number of Congressional representatives, bring the ratio of people to reps from 750k to 1 down to 50k to one, and possibly eliminate geographic districting, and, using the 14th amendment, link state apportionment to voter participation rates.
If people stopped saying "let's evict the lobbyists out of Washington" and start saying "let's put our lobbyists into Washington" :-) Why it's so difficult for people to organise, right? So much to be gained from organised labour - and from organised politics as well.
Me also introducing a global positive style of Lobbying in professional way rather than a kickback or bribery style
this video really good
I'd lobby to ban lobbying.
You can hire a lobbyist to negotiate a raise, it's called a union
This video was a good reminder that the voice of the people has very little influence on the laws that get passed.
So you are against union workers.
@@protennis365I’m against us citizens having little influence on the laws we can pass.
@chuco915C we should have an official group of government whose job it is to take law requests and submit those requests in an official manner and then the people vote on those ideas in a public and governmental forum. The most popular ones get passed on to legislators. The people who submit the requests should get paid a fixed salary by the government. The people who come in to voice their ideas should pay a small service fee (like $10) to submit an idea and that money goes back to the government as taxes.
@@JESUS.saves.Repent. good start.
Lobbying is legalized bribery as soon as money is involved. I wish politicians would just do their job and make informed decisions with any information provided to them.
You should lobby to make that wish reality
this
😂😂😂 @@encouraginglyauthentic43
Exactly
"It's incredibly expensive to run for office," but with free internet and social media, wouldn't it be easy to publicize your platform? The cost of expensive 30-second TV ads, where you learn nothing about the candidate except a catchphrase or a smear of the opposing politician, seems ineffectual.
Surely the most obvious improvement would be to ban lobbyists from doing any work that could benefit politicians and government officials. So that includes fundraisers but also any gifts, holidays, favours for family members, offers for future jobs etc.
Thanks for watching and weighing in!
The thing is, can you even enforce it? I agree with you that forbidding it would be a signal. But ultimately there could be Big Tobacco Lobbyist and Big Tobacco Fundraiser and both these guys will claim to be independent (and protected by free speech). But when the politician help the Lobbyist, the Fundraiser will help the politician.
@@miroslavhoudek7085 I agree it's tricky but I also feel like we have to try. Our democracy is increasingly run by big corporations who often act against the interests of citizens. Often shortening our lives and causing us harm. We surely can't just shrug our shoulders and give up.
@@miroslavhoudek7085 i'd be hopeful that a just society could do some investigation into groups that try to legally evade their real purpose. it is just baffling to me though that money could at all affect the judgement of legal decisions when money is completely irrelevant to the argument of the decisions themselves..
the only people concerned about the relevance of the money in legal decisions are the lawyers and the judges, which is literally a scam of money, and justice.
@@ruan13o oh no, I agree. But markets are a real thing and you can't prevent corporations from 1) having money and 2) finding a way to spend it in their interest. You can't so simply outlaw it because they can always hire the smartest people to avoid the laws, bend the laws, find loopholes in them.
My humble (truly humble) opinion is that solution is not some active minority - like you and me - somehow making a law (or two) that will fix the world. The only true solid permanent solution is majority of citizens becoming aware and active and they will 1) spend their own money to have lobbyist work for us. And we are so much more powerful than corporations can ever dream of. Because we have money but we also 2) have legs to walk to the points of power in large numbers and voice our opinions - and notably 3) we also have all the votes. Also also 4) corporations are owned by some of us through direct stock ownership or through hedge funds that should listen to what we want. Not take our money and go on a power trip with them.
There's a saying that people have the government they deserve. If people are willing to bow their heads or get manipulated, they will get what they deserve. And you can't really legislate your way out of it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ People have to start pulling their weights, spend their money, do the learning etc.
Lobbying, Bribery...
Potato, Potatoe...
Thanks for making this video and making politics more fun to learn.
YAY! Glad you liked it!
Myles, great video. I loved how you informed without painting an overly simplistic view.
Insight about about Lobbyists can come from a similar to another job that is often villainized - Medical Sales Reps. Though Medical Sales Reps can (at times) use inappropriate means to influence a sale, they also provide information, training, and support that doctors need to be successful. I am sure when you go to your doctor I am sure you want them to provide you with the best treatment but so much has changed since they left medical school and even medical school can't train them on everything. That is often where a Medical Sales Rep comes in - he is an expert on the medicines he represents and can help a doctor understand what they are and where they can be used so he can make the best decision for you.
The best Lobbyists can do the same thing for a Congressman. Congressmen can't be an expert on everything and the public almost certainly is not. Issues are complex and if he only listened to superficial he could very easily sponsor a bill that sounded great on the surface but actually was disastrous for his constituents.
I'm surprised at how little information that contained, and yet I didn't notice until the end. I guess that's a compliment if you're trying to be entertaining instead of informative
"Even reptiles have lobbyists"
Mark Zuckerberg : " how else are we supposed to be heard ?"
LOL
Good for Legislators + Good for Lobbyists = Not Good for Everybody Else. With the legislative branch writing thousand-page bills, somebody has to actually do the work of writing down the specifics.
In some cases, particularly at local and state level lawmaking, lobbyists actually help write the bills: www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/asbestos-sharia-law-model-bills-lobbyists-special-interests-influence-state-laws/
The downside of lobbying is that people with money/power always have longer breath and more opportunities.
But let's say we keep lobbying, what could help? For example like back in Greek to get random politicians.
This way you start from 0 every time a new election happens so that you cannot take one politician
and hope (or even help) that they stay for years and work for your interests.
Through the randomness you don't have to fight (and loose ressources on that) for reelection.
Lobbyist to negotiate a raise? It's called a union, Myles!
I was actually paying close attention to US ARK not long ago. There was some points in an upcoming bill that would make it very difficult to own or sell exotic pets. As a person who keeps Tarantulas, I had a vested interest on how it played out.
What's the difference between lobbying and corruption?
None
No laws are actually being broken
@@encouraginglyauthentic43 true, but that means the whole system is a corruptive system
@laujimmy9282 That is not what corruption is.
Corruption is getting away with something illegal.
@@encouraginglyauthentic43 but on a moral level, its still corrupt despite no laws being broken.
I would lobby that all veterans would get veteran's day off as a holiday, regardless of their company's policy. As a veteran, I've had to work most veteran's days while my wife, who works for a federal contractor and is not a veteran gets the day off. That's the bill I'd like to see passed.
The Green Weenie will still find you, even after you're snug and asleep under a DD214 blanket
I say we take it a step further and make it so that all veterans never have to work a day again in their life. Why is risking one’s life not reason enough to be taken care of? 🤷 You deserve better 🙌
Big Green is a lobby too. Where's the Food Service Workers lobby, Parents lobby, Child Safety Lobby, I'll bet there's a general "black" lobby, but that needs to be cut up, what about a Millenial Lobby?
So sad how this has been happening for forever
At this point I am looking for my new client but so many companies are so frustrating. So if you know a company looking for a lobbyist I am your guy. I am here in Washington D.C.
Loved the video! Very high quality and informative.
Informative and educational. Thanks for making this!
Thanks for watching!!
Lobbying isn’t as lucrative as it sounds - for every registered lobbyist in DC that’s at least doing okay, there’s another working for a smaller organization who’s barely making a livable wage. A big reason why is supply and demand - there are a lot more qualified people interested in government relations and public policy jobs than there are jobs available. Source: I’m a lobbyist.
This was really great and simple to understand :D 👍🏽
Thank you!
Learned a lot from this one! Thank you!
Thanks for watching, @Indie Alaska!
this was great, thank you
Great info buddy, liked the way you presented.. Me also introducing a global positive style of Lobbying in professional way rather than a kickback or bribery style
4 Day work week? Done that. I hate working 13 to 14 hour days just so I can have 3 off. No thanks.
Thanks for the video
Great video! Earned a sub
Yay! Thanks!
Corporatism.
Great video!!
4 day work week - just asks for employer 4 day work week and it will be. Why need law for that? If some emploeer does not offer 4 day work week, go to another until you get. The more people will do this, the more emploers will be forced to acept that because they will not have choice. SImple.
great video!
How do you become a lobbyist?
It sounds like lobbying for causes is important, but there needs to be restrictions to keep it in line, and not just become de facto bribery
its all about the money baby
Clearly, it isn't about; "we the people"!
95/100 represent big business and you focused on The Nature Conservancy? I see what's going on here too.
Poor country management by a small group of termites ! Great sadness for the poor !
very nice videos
What I didn't understand was the line "I don't have any political currency, I'm not up for reelection" Why would somebody who's term is up looking for votes have political currency? I would think someone with political currency would be someone who is head of a committee or has decision making authority. If you where to say that the guy who is up for reelection has political currency because he needs the votes and thus is willing to push a bill the voters want, then the political currency would be the willingness of a member to push a law. I'm missing something here, who can put their two cents in?
Doesnt Google and Facebook own the highest amount of lobbyists?
This sound like corruption with ekstra steps. Even if there sound good some times. :/
Allowing lobbying is like a court allowing anyone with money to talk to the Jury outside of court during a murder case😂😂
Personally I would like to lobby for a bill that would establish additional tax penalties for publicly traded corporations as well as tax incentives for privately owned corporations. This is because I believe publicly traded corporations are put under immense pressure by shareholders and their own greed to pursue short-term profits over long-term sustainability of the company. This pursuit of short-term profits ends up creating a majority of the problems that we face globally including (but not limited to) pollution, shrinkflation and lack of consumer ownership. If they must go this way of seeking unlimited monetary growth at the cost of everything else then they damn well better pay for it in much higher taxes. We cannot ban public trading because it is a global phenomenon. Taxation is the next best thing.
wheres IPAC
He doesn’t wanna get cancelled lol we all know aipac is number 1
This video was paid for by a lobbyists
🎉❤🇿🇦✊🏽
Lobbysts should be made illegal.
Great video!