There is very clear bribery going on though… speaking engagement fees, expensive vacations that are under the guise of lobbying, etc.
And it’s very clear that at least people in congress are very happy with this situation.
And it’s very clear that at least people in congress are very happy with this situation.
If you want to call lobbying 'bribery' in a sort of exaggerated way, go ahead.
In my experience most of the rhetoric around bribery is reapoy just interested groups doing regular politics stuff--like 'if you do not support bill xyz we will tell our million newsletter subscribers you're a bad person'.