{"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":"

-Update 04-26-2016-<\/strong> As if to prove my point, Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders<\/strong><\/a> just named Verizon one of America’s Top Ten Tax Avoiders<\/a>. 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

\"Hey<\/a>Just in time for the U.S. tax deadline, the Business Insider<\/a><\/em> has a report which details the amount of money the tech titans<\/strong> spent on bribing<\/del> lobbying the politicians<\/strong> in DC. Thanks to one of the small bits of transparency in the gooberment, the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> requires companies to file government lobbying<\/a> records. You can search their disclosures here at the Office of the Clerk of the House<\/a>. (rb-<\/strong> Use this while you can, it’s likely to be shut down at any time by politicians with things to hide.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"AmazonThe most aggressive tech spender<\/strong> on lobbying in 2015 was Amazon<\/a><\/strong> (AMZN<\/a>) according to research by Consumer Watchdog<\/a>. The company spent $9.07 million <\/strong>(a company record) on lobbying<\/strong> in 2015, an incredible 91.4% surge from its 2014 spend dedicated to influencing federal regulations last year according to BI<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Amazon lobbied Washington about<\/span><\/p>\n