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Which politicians?

ceejayoz 7y ago
As an example: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1120320958382755840 https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1120320958382755840 @Pinboard has collected a bunch of these. https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC
- dunkelheit 7y ago
  The sums in question are for some reason ridiculously small. Seriously, $2500 donation? That is some serious political spending from Google!
  - ceejayoz 7y ago
    It's remarkable how little it takes to get on the radar of a Congressional representative.
  - idlewords 7y ago
    The donations are capped by law at $5,000 per candidate+election (so typically a corporate PAC can give $10,000 to a congressional or senate candidate). The amounts are not as important as the fact that Google's name is attached to them. But I agree with you that the overall figure is tiny, which makes it more mysterious why Google continues to make these donations, which amount to legalized bribery. IBM and Apple do fine without a corporate PAC. Microsoft suspended its own PAC after strong internal pressure from employees over donations to some of the same terrible people.
  - anewguy9000 7y ago
    afaik the limit is $5,000 per election, or x2 $2500 payments. the total political spending from google is closer to several hundred thousand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States#Federal_Contribution_Limits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United...
    - ocdtrekkie 7y ago
      This, though I'd prefer the official link: https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/ https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate... Google is usually maxing the donations it's allowed.
  - yoz-y 7y ago
    Isn't there a cap of something like $4000 for any political donation?
sp332 7y ago
@Pinboard (yes the pinboard.com guy) has been keeping track of political donations from big tech companies. https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1141838179936243714 https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1141838179936243714
- azffz 7y ago
  What are the chances he has only been tracking donations made to right-wing groups? :') Edit: very high, it seems https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC
  - ceejayoz 7y ago
    @Pinboard's politics are... not secret.
    - wtveb 7y ago
      The politics of $RICH_GUY_WHO_WORKS_AT_TECH_IN_THE_WEST_COAST are not secret, I was just laughing at the prospect of a seemingly neutral "project" which is just a way of denouncing companies that use their advertisement power to show how leftist they are (because in this day and age they have no other choice) while, at the same time, they give money to those eeeevil conservatives.
      - ceejayoz 7y ago
        At what point has anyone said it was neutral?
        ntnxw 7y ago
        "Pinboard has been keeping track of political donations from big tech companies" does not seem to imply that it's a completely biased report, but yeah, I should have known better :P
  - AimForTheBushes 7y ago

Which politicians?

As an example: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1120320958382755840 https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1120320958382755840 @Pinboard has collected a bunch of these. https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC

dunkelheit 7y ago
The sums in question are for some reason ridiculously small. Seriously, $2500 donation? That is some serious political spending from Google!
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  It's remarkable how little it takes to get on the radar of a Congressional representative.
- idlewords 7y ago
  The donations are capped by law at $5,000 per candidate+election (so typically a corporate PAC can give $10,000 to a congressional or senate candidate). The amounts are not as important as the fact that Google's name is attached to them. But I agree with you that the overall figure is tiny, which makes it more mysterious why Google continues to make these donations, which amount to legalized bribery. IBM and Apple do fine without a corporate PAC. Microsoft suspended its own PAC after strong internal pressure from employees over donations to some of the same terrible people.
- anewguy9000 7y ago
  afaik the limit is $5,000 per election, or x2 $2500 payments. the total political spending from google is closer to several hundred thousand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States#Federal_Contribution_Limits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United...
  - ocdtrekkie 7y ago
    This, though I'd prefer the official link: https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/ https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate... Google is usually maxing the donations it's allowed.
- yoz-y 7y ago
  Isn't there a cap of something like $4000 for any political donation?

sp332 7y ago

@Pinboard (yes the pinboard.com guy) has been keeping track of political donations from big tech companies. https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1141838179936243714 https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1141838179936243714

azffz 7y ago
What are the chances he has only been tracking donations made to right-wing groups? :') Edit: very high, it seems https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Apinboard%20PAC
- ceejayoz 7y ago
  @Pinboard's politics are... not secret.
  - wtveb 7y ago
    The politics of $RICH_GUY_WHO_WORKS_AT_TECH_IN_THE_WEST_COAST are not secret, I was just laughing at the prospect of a seemingly neutral "project" which is just a way of denouncing companies that use their advertisement power to show how leftist they are (because in this day and age they have no other choice) while, at the same time, they give money to those eeeevil conservatives.
    - ceejayoz 7y ago
      At what point has anyone said it was neutral?
      - ntnxw 7y ago
        "Pinboard has been keeping track of political donations from big tech companies" does not seem to imply that it's a completely biased report, but yeah, I should have known better :P
- AimForTheBushes 7y ago