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0 pointsfrgtpsswrdlame9y ago0 comments

Sure but your answer seems to be excusing their action. You said that it was never wrong for them to lobby. I'd say that this case is a perfect example of when lobbying is "wrong."

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John238329y ago

Your problem is with the actions that they're lobbying for, not the lobbying itself. If H&R Block instead lobbied for clean water for all US citizens, you wouldn't have an issue with that.

It is ok to think that the cause (complicating the tax code) is wrong, but the methods (lobbying) are ok.

frgtpsswrdlameOP9y ago

I'm not sure how you can seperate the two. You say that lobbying is never wrong but if "the actions that they're lobbying for" are wrong it would seem to me that the lobbying in that instance is wrong as well.

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0 pointsfrgtpsswrdlame9y ago0 comments

Sure but your answer seems to be excusing their action. You said that it was never wrong for them to lobby. I'd say that this case is a perfect example of when lobbying is "wrong."

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John238329y ago

Your problem is with the actions that they're lobbying for, not the lobbying itself. If H&R Block instead lobbied for clean water for all US citizens, you wouldn't have an issue with that.

It is ok to think that the cause (complicating the tax code) is wrong, but the methods (lobbying) are ok.

frgtpsswrdlameOP9y ago

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