On one hand, this is a momentous day for private space flight. On the other, we're closer to Moon lobbyists than ever.
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If something is bad, then it's bad even when it's done by your team.
The end does not justify the means.
Lobbying is berated because economic organizations should not be granted larger influence on governmental officials than the people en mass in a democratic republic, and most people would argue that is the current state in the US.
Once a company invests in lobbying, lobbyists have an incentive to keep clients on retainer, so they look for rent-seeking opportunities that they can justify on an ROI basis. Hence all the shenanigans around taxes. Spending $500k on a lobbyist to save $1 million in taxes is a no-brainer.