Interest Group Influence On Interest Groups

In this assessment, the audience will be going through the collective impact that Interest groups and lobbyists have in today's lawmaking. If, and how the government should apply tougher restrictions, limitations and oversight on interest groups, who have access to greater funds, in an ability to allow all of our voices to count equally and account for the same amount of influence.

The most basic definition of an interest group is the collection of individuals organized to influence public policy, primarily through attempting to influence government officials.
The groups play a critical role in all- supposedly democratic systems of government; they vary in every imaginable way; in tactics, resources, geographic focus, age, size, policy focus, and ideologies. Certain groups focus on only one single issue, while others appear to deal with broad areas of public policy. Some groups are created and disbanded during a single election cycle, while others have decades-long traditions of influence during elections and public
There should be more restrictions in place that work towards a goal of achieving oversight and regulation among interest groups. This does not necessarily mean that the restrictions should be tougher, but that the restrictions in place are set to achieve the truest form of democracy. The best interest of democracy has been skewed through an ambiguous lens. Not every individual has access to great amount of funds so out of fairness yes, there should be a limitation or a cap on how much money one person or organization can contribute to a candidate. The government should perhaps step in and regulate the amount of money individuals can contribute so that everyone has an equal amount of influence, thus allowing a fair and even playing field. The Koch brothers are among the wealthy that actively play a role in politics through sheer finance and