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ChristianKl comments on Should effective altruists care about the US gov't shutdown and can we do anything? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 01 October 2013 09:10:13PM 4 points [-]

Outspending an organisation like the US chamber of commerce who lobbies a lot won't be cheap.

There also the problem of lack of information. The information that you read in newspapers about Washington is not objective but put into circulation to achieve political ends. Understanding the details of the problem enough to be able to usefully engage with the situation would require inside information that most of us probably don't have.