Google under scrutiny over lobbying influence on Congress and White House

Posted by cryoshon on Friday December 18, 2015 @09:46AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/18/google-political-donations-congress

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Re:Google under scrutiny over lobbying influence on Congress... by SCAQTony on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:27AM (#10758904)

The real problem is Congress takes quasi "bribes" from lobbyists but the EU can't go after them and neither can the FBI post congressional protection laws they made after the ABSCAM scandal.

FROM 1982: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/07/15/t...

So, politicians are paid to vote left and paid to vote right and the ones that can't be bought can be leased.

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Re:Google under scrutiny over lobbying influence on Congress... by ScottGillis on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:03AM (#10758785)

'Don't be evil'

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Re:Google under scrutiny over lobbying influence on Congress... by sharemywin on Friday December 18, 2015 @10:11AM (#10758825)

if you break up google you would need to go after apple, facebook, microsoft too. what about uber? how would you break them up with out making things worse?

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