As I made clear in the rest of the post, it was an invitation to discuss more, not to end debate. The debate started with my opponent asserting that it was already over because he knows more about lobbying than an actual lobbyist.
Non the less claiming absolute knowledge of anything, comes off as arrogant and basically says to everyone "I know it all, end of discussion!"
Even old timer Lobbyists dont know it all. New situations different policies and public acceptance of the trade transforms the situation on a annul or even less bases.
You seem to be claiming that big money has absolutely no influence on the practice of lobbying. If that were true how can certain types of lobbying be illegal?
U.S. charges two for illegal lobbying for Pakistan | Reuters Pakistan has spent at least $4 million since the mid-1990s lobbying the U.S. Congress and the White House through Fai and the Kashmiri American Council, also known as the Kashmir Center, where Fai served as executive director, according to an FBI affidavit filed in U.S. court.
The above seems to suggest that perhaps you do not know what you are talking about. Pakistan spent $4 million lobbying. Where did that money go?
An FBI affidavit detailed the alleged scheme in which Fai's organization received up to $700,000 annually from Pakistan to make campaign contributions to U.S. politicians, sponsor conferences and other promotions. same link
Top of the list turns out to be "U.S. politicians". Now why would campaign contributions be where the money was going? Could it be that Pakistan wanted to buy a say so in our Government, which by all definition is by-passing our Democracy?