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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:11 PM Jul 2012

Google Lobbyists Are Outspending Apple Nearly 10 To 1

Google is bribing instead of innovating. They are part of the problem.
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All public companies are required to file congressional lobbying disclosure reports, which were released today for the second quarter of 2012. Interestingly enough, Google has once again outspent Apple by a margin of nearly 10 to 1.

As revealed by the reports, Google spent just shy of $4 million, coming in at $3,920,000, while Apple spent only $470,000 in Q2.

http://www.cultofmac.com/180362/google-lobbyists-are-outspending-apple-nearly-10-to-1

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Google Lobbyists Are Outspending Apple Nearly 10 To 1 (Original Post) onehandle Jul 2012 OP

Who uses Google any more anyway? begin_within Jul 2012 #1

Me..... Wounded Bear Jul 2012 #2

Me too. HappyMe Jul 2012 #3

me, my family, my company Logical Jul 2012 #7

If one is a bribe so is the other. Apple bribes too. They all use slave labor . They all eat puppies CBGLuthier Jul 2012 #4

I'm not saying that Apple is not part of the problem too... onehandle Jul 2012 #5

I would argue that Apple is worse. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #9

The majority of Apple's employees are in the US as well. onehandle Jul 2012 #10

Google has more to lose if companies like comcast or at&t take control of the internet. hunter Jul 2012 #6

If you took the combined lobby funds of those cable, phone, recording and others that would......... nolabels Jul 2012 #8

begin_within

(21,551 posts)

1. Who uses Google any more anyway?

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:13 PM

Jul 2012

So 2006...

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

2. Me.....

Reply to begin_within (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:16 PM

Jul 2012

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

3. Me too.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:19 PM

Jul 2012

cultofmac

Logical

(22,457 posts)

7. me, my family, my company

Reply to begin_within (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:36 PM

Jul 2012

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

4. If one is a bribe so is the other. Apple bribes too. They all use slave labor . They all eat puppies

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:20 PM

Jul 2012

They are all corporations just like us.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

5. I'm not saying that Apple is not part of the problem too...

Reply to CBGLuthier (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:53 PM

Jul 2012

...but math says that they are ten times worse.

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

9. I would argue that Apple is worse.

Reply to onehandle (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:51 PM

Jul 2012

Yeah, Google spends more to bribe politicians...but Apple is overwhelmingly worse in terms of offshoring to slave-labor-conditions factories for its products. The vast majority of Goggle's employees are in the US, and are pretty well paid.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

10. The majority of Apple's employees are in the US as well.

Reply to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #9)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 03:30 PM

Jul 2012

You are thinking of Foxconn. Which makes Apple and Google's products.

All electronics are either made in or contain Chinese factory products.

hunter

(38,317 posts)

6. Google has more to lose if companies like comcast or at&t take control of the internet.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:55 PM

Jul 2012

Google's business models fail if big internet providers are able to selectively limit or sell bandwidth to content providers.

Do you really want "high speed access to Google" as part of a Comcast cable package?

Apple has already demonstrated an ability to work with devils like at&t, the recording industry, and Chinese electronics giants.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)

8. If you took the combined lobby funds of those cable, phone, recording and others that would.........

Reply to hunter (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:43 PM

Jul 2012

like to throttle google one would probably wonder why google wasn't spending more on lobbying

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