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Lobbying is actually shockingly cheap, that's why it's so effective for those willing to play the game. Look up the stakes (both sides) for net neutrality. Some
by opportune 8y ago
Lobbying is actually shockingly cheap, that's why it's so effective for those willing to play the game. Look up the stakes (both sides) for net neutrality. Some people got bought for 4-figure sums
- ckastner 8y agoWell, not all of lobbying effort can be shockingly cheap. Referring to a quote attributed to Eric Schmidt from a sibling comment: > "The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists" You need lawyers for that, and that's certainly not going to be cheap. I don't think it's even remotely possible to do that with the $20m quoted in the article. If a company employs 3 lawyers full-time to work on some lobbying effort/issue XYZ, are their costs reflected in those $20m? What if they hire external lawyers? And that's just the legal side. I can think of all kinds of ancillary costs to lobbying, that it total wouldn't fit an annual budget of $20m. Not even close.