> Every other country in the world calls it bribery.
This is, unfortunately, not true for the majority of "democratic" countries.
They call it "lobby". They avoid to call it "conflict of interest".
This is, unfortunately, not true for the majority of "democratic" countries.
They call it "lobby". They avoid to call it "conflict of interest".
Ireland's Regulation of Lobbying Act (2015) [1] is something of a gold standard, which some other countries are considering using as a model [2].
[1]: https://www.lobbying.ie/help-resources/information-for-lobby... [2]: https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-lobbying-clampdown-m...
I've been reading vol. 3 of Robert Caro's biography of LBJ and the amount of illegal money routed from various Texas oil tycoons via Johnson in support of various causes is astonishing.