Tech Companies and Politicians: Who Pays Who?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday November 10, 2006 @03:24PM from the a-bit-of-skuldruggery dept.

fiorenza writes "An investigation into political contributions by technology companies shows that Republicans are the top beneficiaries of such donations, but the Dems aren't too far behind. Perhaps most interesting, it appears that tech companies know that to really get what they want, they need to lobby directly. From the article: 'It's not just Microsoft that is spending these massive amounts. The computer/Internet industry as a whole dropped $84 million on lobbying in 2005 — more even than the TV/movies/music groups. Although the firms at the end of the Internet 'pipes' are spending money, it's dwarfed by the expenditures of those firms that own the 'pipes' themselves.'"

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Re:Democrats already agree, and.. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-11-10 16:51 · Score: 0, Informative

These quotes will include... "I Invented the Internet" (Al Gore D-DC).

Al Gore never made that specific statement nor even a statement to that effect. The word 'invented' was a gross misrepresentation of Gore's actual statement. Snopes.com has a great article on the subject. So, if that is the best you have on the Democrats, you would seem to be perpetuating the stereotype of the technologically ignorant Republican. For the record, I'm neither Republican nor Democrat and if you try to force me to choose one I'll just shoot you. :)