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How quaint the EU is compared to the US: "Lobbying" in EU means giving money to institutions that write position papers & free sandwiches for politicians; "lobb
by rdancer 11y ago
How quaint the EU is compared to the US: "Lobbying" in EU means giving money to institutions that write position papers & free sandwiches for politicians; "lobbying" in the US means bribing sitting politicians outright with benjamins.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoAll of the Congresspeople mentioned in this article have received HEAVY contributions from Google. Anna Eshoo receives a huge amount of money from Google every single term. She basically receives above full-time minimum wage every year from them, she should probably be called a Google employee.
- rdancer 11y agoIf she were an employee, she would have a salary. What she has is a bribe. Those bribes are much higher than what you say, though, as they are structured in a way that is not even publicly available, what with PACs, board membership for household members, info for insider trading, future job offers, "speaker fees"...