John Harris wrote:
They do. They're called lobbyists and other funded forms of public persuasion. These methods seem to work pretty well — witness greatly reduced business taxes at all levels — and are often more effective than voting.if the corporate entity is foreign owned but pay local taxes, why shouldn't they have a voice in the level of those local taxes?
David Brauer Kingfield
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