Poll Position: Should we cap lobbyist gifts at $100?
In keeping with the series that began last week, the second question on Republicans’ July 31 primary ballots reads as follows: “Do you support ending the current practice of unlimited gifts from lobbyists to state legislators by imposing a $100 cap on such gifts?”
Do you support ending the current practice of unlimited gifts from lobbyists to state legislators by imposing a $100 cap on such gifts?
- Yes (140 Votes)
- No (20 Votes)
- I don't know (1 Votes)
Total Voters: 161
Loading ...As much as I’ve written about ethics reform, I have not done a Poll Position question about this issue. No time like the present, right?
For background, you can read here, here, here and here, among other columns. But the gist of the issue is that, unlike almost every other state, Georgia does not limit gifts from lobbyists to legislators. We do have some pretty strong transparency laws, which at least allow us to see who is getting what, from whom. The question is whether transparency is enough.
I’ve been arguing that it isn’t. But now y’all get to weigh in on the issue: Should there be a $100 cap on these gifts? Answer in the nearby poll and the comments thread below.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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md
June 1st, 2012
2:01 pm
Finn….you still don’t get it (and may never)….how does that consumer with a dollar in his pocket get more dollars to spend??
He goes to work…….at a company that first had to take a chance/risk with capital to employ that person……only then does that individual have the capacity to consume….and he will only consume what is made available to consume.
Without that initial capital outlay, we have an entire society roaming around without the means to consume……
ld
June 1st, 2012
5:46 pm
I agree with others hereinabove; NO gifts.
dabir dalton
June 2nd, 2012
8:24 am
Re: Do you support ending the current practice of unlimited gifts from lobbyists to state legislators by imposing a $100 cap on such gifts?
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This question is so poorly written that it will allow David Ralston {Speaker of the house} to claim that a No vote means that the voters support the status quo of their elected leaders accepting corporate bribes. Making it all the harder for me to believe that republicans are really and truly interested in ethics reform.
phil stembridge
June 4th, 2012
9:59 am
why are they getting any gifts?