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"telcos have more power than oil companies." This is demonstrably false. From opensecrets: Lobbying money by industry 1998-2012[1] Industry
by dfc 14y ago
"telcos have more power than oil companies." This is demonstrably false. From opensecrets:
Lobbying money by industry 1998-2012[1]
Industry Total $
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Pharmaceuticals/Health Products 2,505,357,767
Insurance 1,774,111,357
Electric Utilities 1,663,072,243
Business Associations 1,438,954,214
Computers/Internet 1,359,204,389
Oil & Gas 1,329,100,727
Education 1,159,377,327
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing 1,147,911,037
Hospitals/Nursing Homes 1,069,574,050
TV/Movies/Music 1,022,160,821
Civil Servants/Public Officials 1,014,054,831
Securities & Investment 980,371,025
Real Estate 975,927,683
Health Professionals 941,438,165
Air Transport 896,844,603
Misc Issues 773,377,869
Telephone Utilities 746,207,234
Automotive 732,207,809
Telecom Services & Equipment 701,829,850
Defense Aerospace 647,089,847
Lobbying money by industry 2012[2] (Telcos did not even make the list in 2012.
Industry Total $
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Pharmaceuticals/Health Products 180,048,744
Business Associations 121,893,383
Insurance 113,540,783
Electric Utilities 108,068,579
Oil & Gas 103,734,662
Computers/Internet 96,569,868
TV/Movies/Music 89,178,807
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing 79,921,881
Securities & Investment 74,038,412
Hospitals/Nursing Homes 68,677,679
Education 67,041,930
Air Transport 58,666,778
Health Professionals 57,991,637
Real Estate 55,517,526
Civil Servants/Public Officials 54,276,821
Health Services/HMOs 50,248,170
Commercial Banks 44,376,751
Automotive 42,835,629
Chemical & Related Manufacturing 42,435,792
Defense Aerospace 42,398,654
Lobbying money by industry 2011[3]
Industry Total $
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Pharmaceuticals/Health Products 241,462,770
Insurance 159,878,505
Oil & Gas 149,169,677
Electric Utilities 145,285,040
Computers/Internet 126,911,432
TV/Movies/Music 122,898,063
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing 118,668,254
Education 106,246,285
Business Associations 106,139,640
Securities & Investment 101,913,226
Hospitals/Nursing Homes 100,768,231
Civil Servants/Public Officials 83,236,247
Health Professionals 81,006,752
Air Transport 80,773,141
Health Services/HMOs 74,033,507
Real Estate 67,178,304
Automotive 61,776,786
Commercial Banks 61,376,654
Defense Aerospace 59,702,900
Telecom Services & Equipment 57,736,688
[1] https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=a&indexType=i https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=a&ind...
[2] https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2012&indexType=i https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2012&...
[3] https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2011&indexType=i https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?showYear=2011&...
- nitrogen 14y agoYour list reports Computers/Internet as a separate category from Telecom Services & Equipment, and Computers/Internet beats out Oil & Gas on the 1998-2012 list. How much of Computers/Internet should be counted as Telecom?
- dfc 14y agoI would like to point out that it is not "my list." I do not want to mislead anyone, the data was compiled by openserets.org (hence the reference links). With that being said it is fairly easy to check and see what companies were included in the Computers and Internet category. The list for 2012 is quite long so I do not want to paste all the entries. Here are the links for 2012, 2011 and 2010 respectively: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&year=2012 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&year=2011 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&year=2010 https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&... What companies do you think should be included in Telecom? How do they compare to the top 5 in Oil and Gas? Royal Dutch Shell $10,860,000 Exxon Mobil $9,870,000 Koch Industries $7,800,000 Chevron Corp $7,080,000 BP $6,860,000
- nitrogen 14y agoSorry, by "your" I meant "the list you quoted." Thanks for the links to the breakdowns; they succinctly answer my previous question: "very little."