Ban all lobbyists from halls of power

May 14, 2008

The Sun's article "Legislator, lobbyist: a delicate dance" (May 11) suggests once again a clear-cut solution to this longtime problem.

Just as, ultimately, the United States will be forced to nationalize the entire energy industry in order to achieve equality for all of our people, so, too, must we someday - and the sooner, the better - outlaw all the lobbyists from the halls of government at every level.

After that, we need to get the money out of politics by making all television airtime free for candidates and funding our campaigns at all levels through tax-deductible checkoffs on our tax returns.

The money and the lobbyists are the problem - the cancer at the very core of our body politic.

We have reached a turn in the road at which only radical solutions will work.

Blaine Taylor

Towson

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