The technology sector is the biggest crony industry in the United States today. What was once a rebellious institution – we’re looking at you Bill Gates of the early-1990s – has now turned into cronyism at its finest, lobbying government for special privileges.
Who are the biggest lobbying spenders in the tech sector? You guessed it: Amazon, Facebook and Google.
According to new data from Statista, Google is actually the biggest lobbying spender in tech today. The search engine juggernaut spends just under $6 million in the second quarter of 2017 on lobbying. This is followed by Amazon ($3.2 million), Facebook ($2.4 million) and Apple ($2.2 million).
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These businesses are improving the free market with their products and services, but why do they have to be such cronyists?
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