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ANSWER: b)Lobbying facilitates communication between the public and lawmakers.
EXPLANATION: Lobbying is a legal and a healthy thing to be carried out in USA. It helps the government to become productive and also helps the government to act in the favor of the citizens, without which the government would struggle to sort out problems. Lobbying helps to connect the public and the lawmakers thus making making law in the interest of the common public. The minorities are also heard and taken care of because the lobbying mends the bridge between the common man and lawmakers.
This is when he started to appreciate things; to take advantage of his opportunities to respect his father.