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Re:Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B ... by onion2k on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:45AM (#27139460)
The most a single company spent on lobbying last year was Facebook at $19.7 million, which is a whopping .17% of their marketing expenses.

In a thread about how a company used 50 shell companies to avoid millions in taxes it seems a little naive to suggest companies don't use similar tactics to fund lobbyists as well.

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Re:Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B ... by Aunche on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:50AM (#27139493)
The shell companies are public information. How do you think researchers found them? Also, that implies that anyone bothers to look up lobbying spend in the first place, which clearly very few people do.
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