Hi HN,<p>I'm willing to chip in a few bucks to buy lobbyist to fight SOPA/PIPA. Why wasn't raising money a huge part of the protests today? I actually haven't heard anything about anyone donating to buy anti SOPA/PIPA lobbyist. Surely this is something the web can organize.<p>Thanks for any feedback or help in understanding why this isn't happening or at least happening more visibly.
Crowdsourcing the funds needed to influence a bunch of democratically elected officials so they will decide on policy that the consensus agrees with.<p>There is something seriously wrong, when we need a majority to band together and pay off a group that's whole purpose is to represent us.
Lobbyists look for the gravy train. Not for a one-off, unstably funded contract job.<p>Well, there are lobbyists who will take such work, but you're getting second tier work at best. Unless they believe in you, personally.<p>I've been peripherally involved in such a relationship at the state level, and it worked out. Even then, though, there was a stable group of professionals who were organized and whose organization was able to contract with the lobbyist over a period of years.