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Democrat Sen. Pam Jochum asked for a definition of primarily representing. Sign in Join.
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A secondary objection is that most taxpayers are unaware that their tax money, . "Your Tax Dollars at Work: The Implications of Taxpayer-funded Lobbying,". succeeds, government expands; if it fails, government wastes tax dollars. The authors “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is Work: The Implications of Taxpayer-Funded. Lobbying.
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Create an account. The Iowa Standard. He received funding from the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, an organization with the sole purpose of defending control state systems, to produce a study warning states of the dangers of privatization. In all likelihood, the conclusion of this forthcoming study will communicate a similar attitude.
Perhaps just as troubling is a study funded by the Small Business Administration SBA to tout an Internet sales tax bill, which has garnered much attention on Capitol Hill this year. And, while lobbyists labor under a myriad of federal, state, and even local laws and reporting requirements, banning the ability of people to lobby would quickly run afoul of the Constitution.
The right of the people to lobby as a given, does government itself have the right to lobby? This is an interesting question, and not at all a theoretical one.
In most states, especially states with tens of billions of dollars of tax money at stake at the state and local level, there is a large biosphere of lobbyists serving counties, cities, school districts and special districts. Their job is simple: represent the interests of the government entity who hired them to the state or federal level of government. Put more specifically, they work to get more money for their client, more ability to borrow money and raise taxes locally, more flexibility from state or federal law or rules, less oversight, and more power.
But, what if local control is injurious to freedom? What if local control hurts the larger state economy? Just as important of a consideration as the prior two concerns: is it even appropriate for a local government to have a policy on labor law, or climate change, or international relations?
If a mayor, city councilmember, or school board trustee wants to put forward a minimum wage policy, perhaps instead they should seek to run for state representative or Congress. In one sense, this was money well-spent.