I agree wholeheartedly that politicians are the final arbiter of decion-making, not the influence lobbyists have through corporate money. After all, who are the lobbyists anyway? They're mostly made up of ex-politicos, White House staff and other entrenched institutionalized persons. The 'one-year' wait to become an 'official' lobbyist doesn't do much.

Here's my syllogistic interpretation of the major and minor premise of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:

The corporations are...