Isnt the very nature of an interest group or lobbyist to be biased toward the ca

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Isnt the very nature of an interest group or lobbyist to be biased toward the cause they advocate? Isnt it the politicians’ job to make impartial decisions, i.e., decisions that serve their constituents, not the focused interests of the lobbyists and their clients’ interest? Isnt the very nature of an interest group or lobbyist to be biased toward the cause they advocate? Isnt it the politicians’ job to make impartial decisions, i.e., decisions that serve their constituents, not the focused interests of the lobbyists and their clients’ interest?

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Very true. But this gives rise to the question who'll advocate for the politicians. Every action has got multitude of effects, each of different kind in its own way. A single politician can't address all the issues pertaining to the action and benefit all the group together. For e.g: Person 1 is a billionaire, Person 2 is a farmer. Any action taken for favoring the farmer will have some negative on the billionaire, even if it is on a small scale. Now under this circumstance, the billionaire may not give you party fund and your political career will get affected. On the other hand if you benefit the billionaire, the farmer group will not cast vote for you. So in politics, to balance your poitical career, you need to see where you get the maximum benefit viz. from the billionaire or the farmer. Hence you need to support only one time, even if you want it or not.

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