Lobbying Power vs the average citizen

Appearing on the first installment of a series called "Follow the Money," the lobbyist, Jimmy Williams, a principal at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, said corporations and interest groups often do not report to the IRS the large amounts of money they give to lawmakers and political action committees, choosing instead to pay a nominal fine. The money goes into a "black hole," Williams said, perpetuating a system he called "corrupt." In 2009, the congressional publication The Hill named Williams one of capital's top corporate lobbyists

Sadly the Supreme Court allowed money to flood the system by this recent decision  In the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (pdf), in which corporations received protection for their First Amendment right to spend money on political causes.

“I caught this interview and thought to myself "this man is trying to tell us how messed up our system is and how messed up our represenitives are". Our Representitives have the power to fix this corrupt system but are either too lazy or too crooked. It is now left up to the voters to stop all of this money going to lobby Washington insiders. These are the kind of issues that would make me follow another party. The Tea Party really missed the boat. A good idea with bad intentions and issues. Let's get the money out of our system.”
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