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What is the main job of a Lobbyist?


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• The task of a lobbyist is to encourage government officials to go for or contradict a certain cause.
• A lobbyist got its name from the fact that negotiations often occur in a type of room called a lobby.
• This person is often hired by groups, industries, companies and organizations who want the law to be on their side.
• They need a lobbyist to change the circumstances and allow them to bring more money into their respective funds.
• They can use this person for political or moral reasons as well.
• He or she encourages officials with the use of persuasive words.
• A lobbyist can formally meet with some government officials to present the reasons as to why they should on the lobbyist’s side.
• He or she can also offer them entertainment, parties and luxurious dinners for him or her to be closer to them and gain their trust.
• Lobbyists can influence officials indirect as well.
• They can turn to TV stations or social media platforms to encourage more people to favor their cause.
• They can come up with major advertisements that can greatly influence the majority of the country’s population and make the government officials feel more pressured into giving them what they want.
• They can easily use the power of people to leave officials with no choice but to negotiate with them.
• They can go house to house, organize a huge rally or come up with a letter-writing campaign that will get the attention of their target officials.
• If that doesn’t work, then he or she resorts to methods that are not legal and completely unethical such as bribing government officials.
• So, becoming a lobbyist would certainly put you on the hotspot of the law.
Nov 22nd, 2013 at 3:41 AM
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