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Tech Companies and Politicians: Who Pays Who?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Mod Post Troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Dems wouldn't take $$$ for political influence THATS the Evil Republicans.
    Next you will be telling me our victory over BusHitler isn't going to stop the war and that the 2 MasterMinds who engineered it one is an Israeli Defense Forces Veteran-Rahm Emanuel(US rep IL) and A Very Pro Israel Jew New York Senator -Charles Schumer and that they and Our Democratic and Foreign Policy Establishment fully intends to pursue the War and had they been in power earlier would have started it.

  2. Re:Net neutrality and campaign contributions by rkcallaghan · · Score: 1, Troll
    Salvance wrote:
    Luckily the rise of the internet, message boards (like slashdot), and social networking has allowed Americans to increase their knowledge of the issues addressed by Congress on a daily basis, which allows us to raise our voices and dissent much earlier ... often before poor decisions are made.

    ROFL ... You dream, citizen.

    ~Rebecca