Interest Groups In American Democracy

American democracy is based on the notion of a government, by the people for the people, but policy out comes are sometimes changed by the some range of factors, not necessary by the candidates which voters elect to represent on Election Day. One factor is the interest groups whom advice government on using a variety of tactics, one of the two tactics is the inside game plan and outside game plan. The inside game plan means to convince government officials through face to face contact (direct contact). The other term is lobbying. Washington is filled with lobbyist. Lobbyist usually work for corporations and interest groups. We as the people should put a stand on much lobbying are wasting, and advice the government to put limitations on the interest group.
However, certain types of representation frequently raise questions, for example, arms and oil industry lobbying, or former U.S. Senators representing Russian banks that are the accused of sanctions .Wealthy interests main focus is on concerns not shared by the rest of the American public, for example, keeping taxes low on capital gains, and often oppose policies that would foster the low-income citizens, such as increasing the minimum wage. Even, when the rich help the public’s for policies that help Americans get ahead, like spending on higher education, they often expedite tax cuts or deficit reduction in ways that would shrink the resources available for these