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Any evidence of wrongdoing here? Many interest groups donate and lobby. You want to ban all donations and lobbying by private for-profit organizations?

• ocdtrekkie 11y ago
  Unfortunately, buying off Congresspeople is currently legal. It doesn't make it any less horrifically immoral. And anyways, your comment is irrelevant, as I was responding to the parent comment. The parent commenter suggested that Google was not one of those "egregious abusers of the system" that exploits the system by buying off legislators. Unfortunately, that isn't true, as I've demonstrated here, by proving Google has certainly heavily paid legislators (via "donations"), who have in turn advocated DIRECTLY for Google.
  • blisterpeanuts 11y ago
    Rep. Anna Eshoo represents the 18th District in California, home of Google and many other major technology companies. I would think it's reasonable and logical that she would advocate for technology companies, considering that probably tens of thousands of voters in her district work for them. As for financial support by Google, Rep. Eshoo received a total of $6,400 from Google (individuals + PAC)[1], out of some $160,000+ in donations in the most recent election cycle. It seems unlikely that this level of support could be termed "buying off". [1]https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00007335 https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N000...
    • ocdtrekkie 11y ago
      This cycle is just starting, check 2014 for a mpre accurate accounting, blisterpeanuts. Opensecrets.org is where I pull my data too. She took in four times that last term, and Google was her biggest sponsor.