Section PDFLobbyists: Pro & Con
3 March 2010
Lobbyists are a mixed blessing. They can inform and educate public officials,
but
they can also mislead and bribe public officials. How can the former be
promoted, but the latter prevented? The key to the relationship between
lobbyist
and public official is the public official’s integrity, the government’s oversight,
and the media’s investigative journalism, all of which are sadly in short supply,
because money has eclipsed morality. (1)
(1) Mann, H. A plague on both your houses (Romeo and Juliet)
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/340/feb18_1/c974#231738
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