> Monetarily speaking, we're not quite as powerful as, for instance, oil and defense Apple alone has more cash on hand than Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics,

> Monetarily speaking, we're not quite as powerful as, for instance, oil and defense Apple alone has more cash on hand than Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Northrup Grumman, and Raytheon are worth combined. They have plenty of money; what they lack is the knowledge and motivation to use it effectively for political purposes. The attitudes expressed on this site a few weeks ago about refusing to play the game with respect to state and national politics is the reason oil and defense have far more influence in Washington than tech.