20-09-2017 05:47 via technocracy.news

Google Is The Highest-Spending Company For Federal Lobbying

What Google wants, Google gets. It’s annual spending rate is running at $24 million for lobbyists to twist the arms of elected officials. Is it time for Google to be reined in? Many legislators think so. ⁃ TN EditorGoogle spent the most it ever has in a single quarter trying to influence elected officials in Washington, according to lobbying disclosures made public late Thursday. The past three months have also seen record spending on lobbying by several other major tech compani
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