Lots of big lobbying companies corrupting Australia, too.
Less "sophisticated" countries just tend cut out the lobbyist middleman and call it what it is - bribery.
It's uniquely protected in the US, due to the constitution protecting freedom of speech. The supreme court has ruled that the government cannot stop anyone from sharing their views of candidates or campaigning on their behalf.
Explicitly allowing payments with lobbying is more rare.
But isn't "explicitly allowing payments" just legal bribery? At one point you can't call it lobbying anymore.
Yes that's correct
Yeah, what's next, assuming that non-USians aren't aware of the concept of 'corruption' ?