There is community of purpose and action, resulting in heavy conflicts of interest, among policy makers and professional lobbies. The revolving door is the image of the continuity of each other. The same can also be said of the interweaving between policy makers and high-level government bureaucrats – today, professional lobbyists or bureaucrats; tomorrow, politicians; and vice versa. In the United States, following the presidency of Harry Truman – who did not use the revolving door once his presidential term ended – a growing number of characters in between politics and interest groups went through this door. As Teachout (Quid pro con. Democracy ! A Journal of Ideas, (36), Spring - Retrieved from http://www.democracyjournal.org/36/quid-pro-con.php) wrote, “The revolving door between Congress and the lobbying industry – roughly half of all retiring members of Congress go on to become highly paid lobbyists – encourages lawmakers to serve their future bosses instead of their current constituents.” In Italy, director generals of ministries and even ministry officials pass directly through the revolving door, without a reasonable period of time in between, to occupy government positions and seats in the Parliament.
