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The sums in question are for some reason ridiculously small. Seriously, $2500 donation? That is some serious political spending from Google!
by 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 agoIt's remarkable how little it takes to get on the radar of a Congressional representative.
- idlewords 7y agoThe 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 agoafaik 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 agoThis, 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 agoIsn't there a cap of something like $4000 for any political donation?