In the United States, some companies pay the unemployed to stand in line for free public tickets to congressional hearings. They then sell the tickets to lobbyists and corporate lawyers who have a business interest in the hearing but are too busy to stand in line.
桑德尔的担忧算不上最新鲜，但他举的例子值得我们深思。在美国，一些公司花钱雇失业者排队抢过会听证的公共入场券。接着，他们把入场券卖给游说集团和公司律师——听证对事关后两者的利益，但他们又太忙，没有时间排队。