Ethics

Lobbying Pays Off

By Ed Brayton

I've said time and time again that corporations are not stupid. They don't spend millions of dollars on lobbying efforts and wining and dining legislators because they enjoy it, they do it as an investment. They're spending money to make money, knowing that it's money well spent and will bring back billions in tax dollars to the company. Now the Washington Post reports on a study that confirms that argument completely.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).