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> Google et al go to the government and say The money that goes into lobbying in order to have that say is, depending on who you ask, corruption. I, as a rando
by fragmede 6mo ago
> Google et al go to the government and say
The money that goes into lobbying in order to have that say is, depending on who you ask, corruption. I, as a random citizen, don't get the same say that a multi billion dollar international corporation does.
- AnthonyMouse 6mo agoThat seems like a pretty useless definition of corruption. It implies that retirees writing letters to Congress is "corruption" because working people don't have the same amount of free time to do that. It's also kind of weird to propose it as an asymmetry. Google's parent company spends around $4M on lobbying in the US: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000067823 https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary... That's around $0.01 per capita. Your per capita contribution for individuals to out-spend Google on lobbying is two cents.
- coliveira 6mo agoThe day a low income retiree can have meetings with politicians to lobby for their favorite policies is the day this comparison will be useful.
- AnthonyMouse 6mo agoYou don't think the AARP has meetings with politicians to lobby for things?
- fragmede 6mo agoMoney or equivalents (watches, golf tee times) changing hands would be the difference.