[alistairSH]

I'm free to donate directly to a campaign. I'm also free to pool my resources with my neighbors and donate as a block.

Like I said (in the edit), the problem is campaign financing, not lobbying. The two are related in the US, but we can probably fix financing without impeding free speech.

[WarOnPrivacy]

> I'm also free to pool my resources with my neighbors and donate as a block.

And lobbyists are free to far, far, far out-contribute your block, rendering it effectively powerless.

Why do you seem okay with that?

[alistairSH]

I'm not ok with that. I'm pretty sure I said campaign finance was a problem. Lobbying != campaign finance.