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Frankly, it's about time Google gets into politics, and starts throwing their weight(and money) around. Google makes more money than the entire opposition comb

• hornokplease 15y ago
  For what it is worth, Google has begun throwing its weight around in politics, although not to the tune of a few hundred million dollars: This article [1] in the San Jose Mercury News from September reports that Google has ramped up its lobbying spending and notes that 14 lobbying firms have now listed Google as a client: Google has also ramped up its spending on lobbying, with the company spending $3.5 million in the first half of 2011, according to U.S. Senate records -- a pace that if continued over the course of the year would boost Google's lobbying spending this year by more than a third over 2010. Google has hired well-connected lobbyists, both on the Democratic and Republican side of the aisle, including the Gephardt Group, the firm founded by former Democratic House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, and a firm headed by the son of Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar. [1] Google's Schmidt to Testify Before Senate Panel http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18938739 http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18938739
• slowpoke 15y ago
  Replacing Satan with Lucifer isn't really going to help us in the long run. I'd prefer no corporation running the government.