All tech lobbies associated with the e-commerce giant — including DigitalEurope, CCIA Europe and ITI — could be barred from Parliament in major escalation of fight over warehouse working conditions…
Lobbying in itself is not the problem. Potential corruption and bribery are the problem.
Lobbying is a group of people coming together to voice their interests and/or concerns to their representatives.
That group could be a group of individuals or a business. A business lobbying the government could be as innocent as them informing the government that proposed legislation would make their business uncompetitive, leading to a potential loss of jobs and/or tax revenue.
That said… I don’t particularly trust that Amazon’s lobbying efforts are all that innocent
Some countries like Canada and France have stricter lobbyist registries and spending caps, but the most effective approach seems to be public financing of elections to reduce the need for corporate money in the first plaec.
Lobbying in itself is not the problem. Potential corruption and bribery are the problem.
Lobbying is a group of people coming together to voice their interests and/or concerns to their representatives.
That group could be a group of individuals or a business. A business lobbying the government could be as innocent as them informing the government that proposed legislation would make their business uncompetitive, leading to a potential loss of jobs and/or tax revenue.
That said… I don’t particularly trust that Amazon’s lobbying efforts are all that innocent
But in practice, it rarely happens without shady “deals” full of bribery and coercion.
Has anywhere figured out how solve the more money = more effective lobbying problem?
IMHO it is equal to solving the bribery problem.
Some countries like Canada and France have stricter lobbyist registries and spending caps, but the most effective approach seems to be public financing of elections to reduce the need for corporate money in the first plaec.