Political wars between Democrats and Republicans aren’t a new thing in this country, in fact it’s been doing on since the start of this country, just with different names. So, let’s take a look at the world of politics and educate some people at the same time. Especially since everyone thinks they know so much about politics when in fact they have no clue whatsoever on the actual inner workings of how politics actually works in reality.
Everyone thinks it’s just a new thing to lobby those
in Washington for favors and contracts, but in fact it actually started back
when President Grant was in office. President Grant used to hang out in the
lobby of the Washington Hotel (located directly across from the White House)
where he would sip his bourbon and smoke his cigar every afternoon until dinner
time. At this same time the contracts for the reconstruction of the south were
being designed and assigned and every day those who wished for favors on those
contracts would enter the lobby of the hotel and appeal to President Grant for
one of those contracts. It was the elite who sought those precious government
contracts to rebuild the south because they knew they could waste the
governments money through corruption, kickbacks, inefficiency and waste with
each contract they got. Whereby the term “Lobbying” became the new word of the
day and has stuck to anyone who goes after favors of elected officials in any
office for contracts or special favors. However, there are various different kinds of lobbyists,
there are some who actually lobbied for good, while majority of lobbyists are
sleezy bastard. I know because I used to
be one of those good Lobbyists in DC for many years and saw plenty of the
sleezy bastards take advantage of the glory in this country.
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