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Re:Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate L... by wycy on Friday September 27, 2019 @01:01PM (#21093952)
I'm not right of center and I don't want smaller government. The fact that employees of corporations will provide the government with recommendations that are favorable for those corporations is exactly why I think the government needs a technology office to advocate on its own behalf.
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Re:Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate L... by 29_29 on Friday September 27, 2019 @01:29PM (#21094219)
As someone that works for a living for a YC company. I want my company to advocate for itself
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Re:Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate L... by wycy on Friday September 27, 2019 @01:53PM (#21094461)
Precisely. And the government should have a group with the proper qualifications to judge the merits of the advocacy of these other companies and advocate on the government's and people's behalf.
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Re:Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate L... by 29_29 on Friday September 27, 2019 @02:05PM (#21094572)
When considering additional regulations, the weight of biased political workers should have zero weight. Advocacy is most often a defensive action against business killing overreach.
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