Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big Ag"

Re:Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big A... by gregsadetsky on Sunday July 11, 2021 @06:54PM (#27805146)

I double checked -- another source[0] mentions amounts that are a bit higher:

"The Chamber [of Commerce] spent nearly $82 million on lobbying in 2020"

But generally in line with the list posted by the GP:

"Facebook and Amazon were the only companies in the top 10 spending list and spent nearly $19.7 million and more than $18.7 million on lobbying in 2020, respectively"

I too, am surprised as how little this is for these gigantic companies ($20M for FB? 1/1000th of their quarterly revenue?) and more generally, how little money this is... in comparison with the entire US government budget?

Sorry, this is probably all obvious? Just a bit.. sad?

[0] https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/536082-us-chamber-nu...

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Re:Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big A... by missedthecue on Sunday July 11, 2021 @08:05PM (#27805576)

How much do you think lobbyists should earn instead?

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Re:Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big A... by ncphil on Sunday July 11, 2021 @08:55PM (#27805816)

Really. Who doesn't get how cheap our politicians come? Old joke about Spiro Agnew (Nixon's VP who had to resign because he took around $30,000 in bribes while Governor of Maryland years before): When Armstrong set foot on the Moon he would have been set for life if his first words had just been "Coca Cola!" Of course if it had been Agnew he probably would have said something like, "Fred's Tailor Shop, Baltimore!" Point is, US politicians really do come cheap. Political favors are a wholesale business, they make out on volume.

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