Originally Posted by PaulRivers

1. Paid lobbyists and campaign contributions are not even illegal. They also buys ads and hire PR people to convince the general public that it's a good idea. The epi-pen company did it, and they're screwing over people who could actually die without their product. With bells we're just talking about a small cost.

2. Behind the scenes payouts and bribes also happen, but I'm not even talking about those. I'm talking about the things that are legal and commonly done to get laws passed that benefit them.

3. If you run across a seemingly bizarre law mandating that something additional must be purchased or used, there's a good chance the bizarreness is because some company that sells those products lobbied for laws to be passed requiring them. "good chance" is not 100%, but it's a good chance.