{"id":80038,"date":"2016-04-16T17:03:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T21:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T09:29:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:29:48","slug":"hey-lobbying-tech-spender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/hey-lobbying-tech-spender\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Lobbying Tech Spender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>-Update 04-26-2016-<\/strong> As if to prove my point, Democratic Presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/go.berniesanders.com\/page\/content\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bernie Sanders<\/strong><\/a> just named Verizon one of America&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201210210410\/https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/top-10-corporate-tax-avoiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Ten Tax Avoiders<\/a>. <strong>VZ has a corporate tax rate of -2% for the last 6 years<\/strong> according to the post. Verizon has the #4 lobbying spender.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200627121128\/http:\/\/www.michellehenry.fr:80\/lobby.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-105190\" title=\"Hey Lobbying Tech Spender\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/lobbying2.jpg?resize=118%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hey Lobbying Tech Spender\" width=\"118\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/lobbying2.jpg?resize=150%2C140&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/lobbying2.jpg?resize=75%2C70&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/lobbying2.jpg?w=170&amp;ssl=1 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a>Just in time for the U.S. tax deadline, the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/lobbying-spend-of-tech-companies-amazon-2016-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a><\/em> has a report which details the amount of money the <strong>tech titans<\/strong> spent on <del>bribing<\/del> <strong>lobbying the politicians<\/strong> in DC. Thanks to one of the small bits of transparency in the gooberment, the <a title=\"United States House of Representatives\" href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage nofollow noopener noreferrer\">U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> requires companies to file <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lobbying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">government lobbying<\/a> records. You can search their disclosures here at the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191226040843\/http:\/\/disclosures.house.gov\/ld\/ldsearch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of the Clerk of the House<\/a>. (<em><strong>rb-<\/strong> Use this while you can, it&#8217;s likely to be shut down at any time by politicians with things to hide.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105194\" title=\"Amazon was the most aggressive tech lobbyist in 2015\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business.jpg?resize=73%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Amazon was the most aggressive tech lobbyist in 2015\" width=\"73\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business.jpg?resize=49%2C75&amp;ssl=1 49w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/big_business.jpg?w=211&amp;ssl=1 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 73px) 100vw, 73px\" \/>The <strong>most aggressive tech spender<\/strong> on lobbying in 2015 was <strong><a title=\"Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : AMZN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AMZN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMZN<\/a>) according to research by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170326234817\/http:\/\/www.consumerwatchdog.org:80\/newsrelease\/google%E2%80%99s-2015-spending-lobbying-tops-16-million-second-year-leading-16-tech-and-communic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consumer Watchdog<\/a>. The company spent <strong>$9.07 million <\/strong>(a company record)<strong> on lobbying<\/strong> in 2015, an incredible 91.4% surge from its 2014 spend dedicated to influencing federal regulations last year according to <em>BI<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 1.5em;\">Amazon lobbied Washington about<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unmanned aerial vehicles &#8211; likely in support of their <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-32653269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drone delivery<\/a><\/strong> plans,<\/li>\n<li>Surface transportation, likely related to its recent efforts to take more <a href=\"http:\/\/recode.net\/2015\/12\/04\/amazon-buys-thousands-of-its-own-trucks-as-its-transportation-ambitions-grow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">control of its fulfillment process<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloud computing<\/strong>, which likely helps them grab a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170822093802\/http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2375269\/hybrid-cloud\/cia-off-and-running-with-amazon-web-services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$600 million contract <\/a>to host the <a title=\"Central Intelligence Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.951796,-77.146586&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.951796,-77.146586 (Central%20Intelligence%20Agency)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation nofollow noopener noreferrer\">CIA<\/a> cloud,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copyright reform<\/strong>, and music licensing (probably relating to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/music\/prime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prime music service<\/a>),<\/li>\n<li>High-skilled immigration &#8211; corporate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visasquare.com\/visa-greencard\/report\/amazon-corporate-llc-324660.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America&#8217;s <strong>H1-B&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> plan to cut the buying power of their own customers.<\/li>\n<li>Patent reform,<\/li>\n<li>Corporate tax reform and the taxation of remote sales,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161024092834\/http:\/\/www.pcworld.com:80\/article\/3056905\/internet\/house-passes-bill-to-limit-fcc-authority-on-net-neutrality.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Net neutrality<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cyber-security regulation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyber-security_regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Cyber-security regulation<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>Postal reform, and<\/li>\n<li>Online wine sales.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infiniteunknown.net\/tag\/lobbyists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105196 size-medium\" title=\"tech firms spent over $122M lobbying Washington politicians\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/politics.jpg?resize=150%2C102&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tech firms spent over $122M lobbying Washington politicians\" width=\"150\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/politics.jpg?resize=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/politics.jpg?resize=75%2C51&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/politics.jpg?w=485&amp;ssl=1 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Despite Amazon&#8217;s aggressive lobbying, <a title=\"Google\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : GOOG\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-GOOG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOOG<\/a>) topped the list of tech companies for the second year in a row. Google spent <strong>$16.6 million<\/strong> in 2015 vs $16.83 million in 2014. The biggest spending tech firms spent over <strong>$122M lobbying Washington<\/strong> politicians.<\/p>\n<h3>How the tech titans spent their money<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Google: $16.6 million in 2015 vs $16.83M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Comcast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xfinity.com\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comcast<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : CMCSA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-CMCSA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CMCSA)<\/a>: $15.63 million vs $16.8M in 2014<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"AT&amp;T\" href=\"http:\/\/www.att.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">AT&amp;T<\/a> (<a title=\"NYSE : T\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T<\/a>): $14.86 million, up from $14.56M in 2014<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Verizon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.verizon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Verizon<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : VZ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-VZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VZ<\/a>): $11.43 million, up 1.9% from $11.22M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : FB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-FB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FB<\/a>): $9.85 million from $9.34M in 2014, a company record.<\/li>\n<li>Amazon (AMZB): $9.07 million up 91.4% from 2014 .<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ | MSFT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?cid=358464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSFT<\/a>): $8.49 million vs $8.33M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Time Warner Cable\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160714182432\/http:\/\/www.timewarnercable.com\/en\/residential-home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time Warner Cable<\/a> (<a title=\"NYSE | TWC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:TWC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TWC<\/a>): $6.8 million in 2015, down 13.2% from 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"T-Mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.t-mobile.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T-Mobile<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNAS:TMUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMUS<\/a>) $6.14 million, up 1.7% from 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Apple Computers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : AAPL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AAPL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAPL<\/a>): $4.48 million in 2015 compared to $4.11M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"IBM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM<\/a> (<a title=\"NYSE : IBM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-IBM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM<\/a>): $4.63 million, a 6.5% decrease from $4.9M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Intel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intel<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : INTC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-INTC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INTC<\/a>): $4.55 million in 2015, up 19.7% from $3.80M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Oracle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oracle<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ : ORCL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-ORCL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ORCL<\/a>): $4.46 million in 2015, down 23.5% from $5.83M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cisco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cisco<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-CSCO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CSCO<\/a>): $2.69 million compared to $2.35M in 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/YHOO\/EWjh1a3K-The-last-YHOO-chart-for-posterity-hello-AABA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YHOO<\/a>): $2.84 million in 2015 vs $2.94M in 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151220021911\/http:\/\/www.bidnessetc.com\/40707-tech-giants-google-inc-apple-inc-amazon-microsoft-corporation-and-comcast-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-105199 size-medium\" title=\"Tech titans with boxes of meney for politicans\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/techy_titans.jpg?resize=150%2C84&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tech titans with boxes of meney for politicans\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/techy_titans.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/techy_titans.jpg?resize=75%2C42&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/techy_titans.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>BI<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-leads-lobbying-expenditures-in-2015-2016-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reminds<\/a> us that these may seem like big numbers, they&#8217;re a tiny part of these companies&#8217; overall expenditures \u2014 in the third quarter of 2015, Google spent $3.47 billion on traffic acquisition costs (such as the price of its deal to stay the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-google-advertising-revenue-split-2016-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">default search on Apple&#8217;s iPhone<\/a>), and another $6.93 billion on other operating expenses.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I haven&#8217;t written about the tech&#8217;s industry lobbying efforts since <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wgaW-ZG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2010<\/a>. Many of the names have remained the same, ATT, Verizon, Google, IBM, Yahoo, and Intel have been <del>bribing<\/del> lobbying the gooberment for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/resources\/learn\/lobbying_timeline.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">very long time<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, just 5 years ago, Apple and Facebook were barely in the lobbying racket.\u00a0 In 2015, they both ranked at the top in lobbying spending.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. 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