News @lemmy.world Davriellelouna @lemmy.world 4w ago Pesticide manufacturer spent more than $200K lobbying in Iowa iowacapitaldispatch.com Just a moment... 1 crossposts InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)US United States | News & Politics @midwest.social Davriellelouna @lemmy.world 4w ago Pesticide manufacturer spent more than $200K lobbying in Iowa iowacapitaldispatch.com /2025/07/31/bayer-spent-more-than-200k-lobbying-in-iowa-on-pesticide-labeling-bill/
What could one legislator cost, Michael, 25,000 dollars?Iowa pays its general assembly members a salary of $25k a yr. So $200k a yr in lobbying from a single company potentially buys a lot of influence.
I'm surprised it isn't a lot more.
Maybe politicians are just really cheap in Iowa?
What could one legislator cost, Michael, 25,000 dollars?
Iowa pays its general assembly members a salary of $25k a yr. So $200k a yr in lobbying from a single company potentially buys a lot of influence.