WeAreAllApes

I mean the Dingell family reintroduced a "hopeless" bill to create a single payer system (aka medicare for all) every year for like 70 years.... You need a little bit of both. Incrementalism is important, but you can't lose sight of the purpose.

I can assure you that he does mean private sales.

The political emphasis on these avenues for arranging the sale are simply meant to emphasize the potential nature of those transactions, but I am pretty sure he/they want the same requirements and hoops added for all sales.

A couple of points:

The details aren't just going into the Congressperson's ear. The actual wording of the bill is being sent over from the lobbyist for the Congressperson to introduce.

Second, the campaign contributions, "independent" expenditures, and large voting blocks (e.g. union lobbyists, movement organizations like Family Research Council or NOW, etc.) are important to swaying them, but sometimes all it takes is a threat or promise. The fact that a bunch of people crowdfunded a lobbyist is proof that a constituency exists with some voting power and money....

That said, it works much better with a well-defined/named organization with a bank account and an endorsement that people take seriously.

What if I told you that most of the 3% of scientists and 50% of non-scientists who don't "believe" in it hold those positions largely due to ideological biases and/or industry funding and no amount of evidence will ever change their mind? What if it really matters to the well being if future generations?

What drugs do you take?