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twtw | 7 years ago

> because Comcast has -bribed- donated to way more congresspeople than google

Is that true? [1] indicates Google spent more than Comcast in lobbying in q1 2015. I have no idea how this varies quarter by quarter and since 2015, but Google spends a lot lobbying.

I would not be surprised if that extends to campaign contributions as well. Google donates a ton of money to a ton of politicians.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/21/google-co...

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fedorareis|7 years ago

While I don’t know what Google spent their money lobbying for, so I’m not going to pick a side in my comment. I’d say the more important thing isn’t who spent the most money but what they spent it on. If for example Google spent some of that money fighting for Net Neutrality then that is better in my mind then Comcast spending most of their money fighting against it. I’m not saying this is the case or that Google has lobbied for good things. But knowing generally what they lobbied for would be a more useful piece of information.