It’s food for thought for the Beacon Hill movers and shakers used to being able to grease the wheels on bills stuck in committee (or kill legislation they don’t want to see the light of day) in part by paying to play. Oates also tallied the top recipients of lobbyist donations this...
Instead of thinking of themselves as the movers of people and goods over long distances (the higher conceptual level), they thought of themselves as the operators of railroads (the lower physical level). As they say, the rest is history. You don’t need to twist your brain to arrive at ...