Continuing with the real-estate discussion (I know, now I'm focusing on it ;-) ), I whole heartedly disagree. When ignoring the needs of the lower 75% of the country's wage earners, and focusing your efforts on the upper 25%, something is glaringly, obviously wrong, and saying things like,

It doesn’t matter who they’re targeting, because they’re increasing supply.

shows a level of privilege that most people in the US cannot fathom or afford, myself included. That statement says...a lot, but I don't want to devolve into ad hominin bs because now you've piqued my interest.

Honestly, and I genuinely mean this, yes, I would love to know what a climate lobbyist does.

I know tone doesn't translate via text very well, but I can assure you I'm not desperate to have all lobbyists be inherently bad. Am I angry? Yes, but never desperate, and I'm not angry without reason. I've seen it directly, more than once in my lifetime, politicians and policy be influenced by the efforts of lobbyists and their money. Not just something I read in the news, heard on the radio, or saw on a website. I've seen funding pulled from one project to another because of lobbyists. Not because the project the funding was being pulled from wasn't worthy, but our lobbyists weren't as good (or willing to donate as much) as their lobbyists.

It's a system that allows to much room for abuse, is abused every single day. Even if for something as noble as a climate lobbyist, the quote "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." I would think still rings true (religious connotations notwithstanding).

Now don't ask me how to fix it all because I have no clue. Maybe it's the best we have. I dunno. 😂 I just choose, like I said earlier never to trust a politician. They're all owned in some way by the money that puts them in power.

Edit: I do want to say, I am enjoying this discussion. Thank you for making a long day at the office a little bit more interesting.

Most people start a business via a small business loan, which is surprisingly easy (in my view) to qualify for. You also only need like $50 in my state to register as a business owner.

Now this is really wild to me. If I walked into a place and tried to get a business loan, I guarantee they'd say no to me REAL quick.

I don't think only rich people own businesses but I think people who are able to be in a place financially where they can get a loan to start a business, are probably better off financially than say, some no body like myself.

There aren’t that many hearings

Jesus... is that based on locality or? That almost sounds like no one is really doing anything. What do they actually do?

Also I want to add, I have thought about getting into politics and the reason I don't is the reasoning behind these questions. I can't imagine having a job and doing this but really only doing it like politics are my hobby and hearings are my little meet ups.