Ban ALL foreign government lobbying and political donations.

[Union Yes]

The longer this corrupt practice continues, the more corrupt America becomes as a nation. We're being goaded into war with Iran.

The military/industrial complex has largely come to power as a result of said lobbying.

No foreign government should ever be allowed to go before our congress or lobby individual elected officials.

I'm fast losing faith in democracy. It's becoming such a corrupt system in America. Do the people still determine elections?

When we do elect politicians, so often they step off the plane in DC to began their term. Only to be greeted by the Washington lobby. Let the corruption, threats, brainwashing began by these lobbyists.

Result= Another DLC or Rethug WARPIG is born.

If we ever want to end America's warpiggin ways..

It starts with a total ban on foreign governments lobbying our pols.
Or things will never change.

[Echo In Light]

1. k/r

[XOKCowboy]

2. I'd go even further and extend that to domestic donations

Call all corporate or private "donations" what they really are. BRIBES! Complete campaign finance reform is the only way to bring real people back into the political process.

[Lance_Boyle]

3. Isn't lobbying by foreign govts already banned?

That's why the Likud party had to form that sham AIPAC front group - to skirt US law.

[Union Yes]

4. AIPAC is a lobby group for a foreign government. That's the practice that needs to be banned.

It should be a crime for ANYONE to go before our congress and lobby on a foreign government's behalf or to approach indivudual politicians to sway or influence them in any way.

[Lance_Boyle]

6. AIPAC is *nominally* a US Citizens group, with full rights to lobby.

That is not to say that AIPAC is not effectively an illegal lobbying arm of Likud or Kadima or Katrina and the Waves or whatever the fuck Israel's fascist party is calling itself these days. It is. But it is made up of American citizens (American Israelis - dual citizens) and not foreigners.

[Martin Eden]

5. Including from Israel???

but ... but ... that would prevent them from using some of the $billions we give them every year to lobby Congress to keep giving them $billions every year regardless of how much they spit in the face of our peace efforts!!!

:sarcasm: