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> Who else lobbies like Intuit? Google spent $21 million in 2018. Facebook spent $12 million. Amazon spent $14 million. Microsoft spent $9 million. https://ww

• Mtinie 7y ago
  Your point being? This discussion refers to an article about tax filing and Intuit’s efforts to retain tax code complexity and self-beneficial regulatory conditions. Yes, companies like the ones you cited spend significant amounts of money to educate and persuade lawmakers. Academically I’d like to see what a world without lobbying looks like, but honestly, I’m not confident it would be significantly better for citizens (and may be significantly worse in some ways). But that’s a tangential topic for a different discussion.
• josefresco 7y ago
  Numbers quoted in comment and link are total spent on lobbying, not on preventing easy tax filing.