“In 1971 about 175 big companies had full-time lobbyists - that is, ‘public affair offices’ - in Washington. By 1978 five hundred did, and just four years later, in the second Reagan year, nearly 2500 corporations employed Washington lobbyists.”
I haven’t read nonfiction since college, more than 10 years ago, but i’m enjoying this book immensely. It’s slow going and hard to understand at times, but I’m getting there
