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JLF: The American Agribusiness Industry

By Johnny Lead Foot on January 4, 2008 4:36 PM | | Comments (2) | | | |
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Johnny Lead Foot here, and I'm pissed...

I started a double-article on how the corn industry is trying to kill you, but then realized I needed a pre-article to explain how pissed I get at the lobby/campaign contribution system.  I'll first focus on the American Agribusiness System's efforts (capitalized because it's such a monumental piece of crap), but I'm sure more industries will be given the JLF treatment.

As a citizen, you voice your opinion at the ballot box.  Every couple of years you get the opportunity to put your one vote up against the million others fellow citizens, most of them idiots.  Corporations, meanwhile, have millions and millions of dollars to hire representatives who persuade/bribe/influence politicians to shape policy.  Their presence is constant, persistent, and, unfortunately, it is effective.

Someone hired by a company to persuade/bribe/influence politicians is called a lobbyist.  A whole group of them is called a lobby of ass holes.

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