Washington lobbyist Shirley acknowledges Rodgers point. There s always some corporation or industry that s not satisfied with a level playing field, says Shirley. If you have one industry asking government for a favor, you have another industry asking government not to grant it. And it s much harder to get something through Congress than to stop it. But the boom of high-tech lobbies is to be expected and defended, Shirley asserts.
People have a right to try to influence the system.
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