For clarity, I think this particular attempt at lobbying is terrible and they ought to be blasted for it publicly. That doesn't mean it should be illegal for a group of people to talk to the government about their interests, just that if those interests are counter to the interests of the general public then we should judge that accordingly.

I think OP is moving the goalposts here. They also say "It's wrong when our elected officials bend to those business interest when it goes against the public interest", which is clearly a moral argument as opposed to a legal one.

Are you really calling Citizens United a work of fiction? Asked where that right was spelled out, and I gave it to you.

I also didn't make a opinion on IG Farben... I called that argument straw man and ignored it because IG Farben doesn't currently exist.

Some people's appetite for argument and being proven correct is insatiable.