In the United States organized political lobbying does more harm than good.

We are arguing over if having a structured method for 'lobbying-to attempt to influence or sway (as a public official) toward a desired action' does more harm than good in the US. My opponent has gone through a list of ways that what he has chosen to call the corrupt can influence our public officials. He has left the audience to assume a minuscule level of good coming out of our structured attempts at swaying our political representatives by not bothering to naming any of that list least you compare it and see that the good indeed, perspectively outweighs the bad. Think, for a minute, if your freedom to assemble was taken away leaving your only option for petitioning your leaders being as an individual. In this happy world my opponent must be envisioning where there can be no organized lobbying his same 'corrupt' individuals would not be able to bid for power over the public officials. But you see they would infect still have the same influence over the officials. Before I might gather together a large group of people to sway my congressman and Donald Trump who's interest are opposite to mine gather a large group of people too and add his money to influence the congressman. But now it is just my own voice by itself that can petition the congressman VS the voice of Donald Trump who's voice still included his considerably large wallet. The influence of 'corrupt' bribery from wealthy individuals and business's via there owners still controls the officials regardless of the existence of organized lobbying. In fact we can even use our common sense to see that without organized lobbying our voices are indeed weaker than they were with it. For if I can raise a group large enough out of the constituents of the Congressman that he realizes can vote him out of office when that many are dissatisfied with him he just might do the right thing and ignore Mr. Trump. So bribery, 'corruption', and greater power in the business owners, still exist just fine independently of organized attempts at swaying public officials. The common use of organized lobbying as conduit for 'corruption' and for a business owner to overpower my voice is a mere coincidence. My opponent reasons that Earmarks would not be considered a problem if there were not one. Obviously this reasoning rely's on the faith that people have a tendency to blame the right thing, like the Jews. I for one do not share this faith and demand that justify the logic behind 'It is called earmarks for a reason and the wouldn't be considered a problem if they weren't.' He is right that I am going to quote an example of its good, and in my area http://www.boucher.house.gov... This is the reason that public clearly isn't too concerned about earmarking, because when our congressman earmarks, he earmarks for ME. I am mad at other congressman for earmarking Federal dollars to pay for stupid stuff in other states cause it does me no good but raise national debt. But the one congressman I have a right to sway and can vote out of office, Rick Boucher, I am not mad at when he gets the money to pay for stupid stuff like water service near where I live. It is stupid because its a problem the state or even local government should have been able to take care of. But all this earmarked money was in essence spent on ME, the local region that live in or near. So do I or Boucher's other ever vote him out? No, he's as incumbent as they get. When the tax dollars are wasted though, they are wasted on US. I ask my opponent does he seriously critique his own representative http://lummis.house.gov..., Its Cynthia Lummis isn't it? You don't have to surf around the sight too long before you find out she sponsors Federal tax dollars away like Boucher, and for YOU, but not me. She's not quite as much an incumbent as my man, Rich Boucher, but never the less she's been in there 4 years and you have had plenty of time to call her out on any earmarking. I do not think it raises too much concern for you when she's spending the cash in your region. It is these people who are to raise our voices against first when we are fed up with earmarking but no one ever does and that is because the truth is we are not actually concerned with earmarking. I think we are beginning to see our voices are heard just fine, because our voices are dead silent to start with and this silence rings out loud and clear. My refutations thus far have gone with the assumptions of my opponents view of a moral system. But if truly prepared to defend the Pro side of this issue with that moral system than he must be prepared to defend the moral system itself. There is absolutely nothing corrupt about a Senator if votes based on the opinion of another, it seems the only criteria for when my opponent calls this practice corrupt is when the opinion the vote is based on is not his own, witch is all too often by the people who complain about there opinions not being heard, a silent one. The fact the our leaders cannot head everyone's contrary opinions is not evidence of there being 'corrupted'. My opponent also speaks of the people having the most money being the ones who's voices are heard being a bad thing. Hear are the testimony's of people who are on there way to being those same people (who have the most money) regardless of a recession purely on the fact they heed wise practices and are thrifty with there cash. if there is anyone we want influencing the decisions of our congressman on there spending practices, it should be the people who are indeed winning at making money themselves. http://www.daveramsey.com... Such wisdom being behind the power the is behind congress's decisions is a good that comes out of organized lobbying, not harm.