Google Spends Over $5 Million USD Lobbying in 2014 Q2
turbocharged
10:59 am on Jul 30, 2014 (gmt 0)
All told, Google dropped $5.03 million on lobbying from April through June, according to a disclosure report filed with the U.S. Senate. The company has matched that quarterly cash outlay only once before, when the it spent the same amount during the first quarter of 2012.
The new quarterly numbers are still being crunched by money-in-politics wonks, but Google appears to have upheld its title as the biggest-spending tech lobbying client. By comparison, Microsoft Corp. spent about $2.3 million during second quarter, and Facebook Inc. doled out $2.1 million, according to federal lobbying records.
Google has matured and taken their seat in American politics. That's all. It's the way things work. Politicians push Americans buttons over hot topics and if there aren't any hot topics the politicians manufacture them. Benghazi, impeachments, Palin, Obama, Obamacare etcetera. It's all B.S. The politicians push the hot topic buttons to acquire attention and votes to stay in office long enough to pass favorable corporate legislation. After they leave office politicians sit on corporate boards, collect on their insider trading etcetera. Google the corporation has grown up. It's business as usual. If Google doesn't pay the result will be that Congress will pass unfavorable legislation.
not2easy
3:25 pm on Jul 30, 2014 (gmt 0)
In the scope of politician buying, $5 million is sort of chump change. Probably "Exact Match" and not "Long Tail".
