Bean (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} beanalby) wrote,@ 2008-03-10 13:18:00 |
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Lawrence Lessig on Corruption
There's an interview with Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, where he makes a great analogy about the problem with lobyists:
So I don’t want a world where there are no lobbyists — I think lobbyists are essential. I think the message of lobbyists and the training of lobbyists is essential. Just like I think that what lawyers do before the Supreme Court is essential. But just as I think everybody would think it weird if a lawyer before the Supreme Court would send $100,000 to the Justice Roberts Retirement Fund or $100,000 to the Renovate Justice Roberts’s Office Fund, I think we better recognize there’s something perverse about a member of Congress having one of the people who is trying to persuade him what the right answer is raise $100,000 for his campaign. That’s the link we’ve got to break.
Couldn't agree more.
