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Who cares? Google and every other large corporation donate to all the candidates covering the entire spectrum of politics. It's a hedge bet strategy focused in
by derp_dee_derp 7y ago
Who cares? Google and every other large corporation donate to all the candidates covering the entire spectrum of politics.
It's a hedge bet strategy focused in risk management: the hope is to have influence over whoever so happens to be politically popular at any given time.
- idlewords 7y agoYou're wrong twice within the first twenty words. Google doesn't donate to all candidates, and there are U.S. corporations of its size that don't make political contributions at all.
- kick 7y ago'idlewords has actually done a great job of getting tech workers to pressure their employers into ceasing the political donations. It's inspiring to see someone manage to make a dent like he has. A quick brush on his twitter will verify what he's saying, here.
- twojacobtwo 7y agoCould you name one or two of those that are Google's (Alphabet's) size don't contribute? That seems highly unlikely in the US.
- mjg59 7y agoApple? IBM?
- laurencerowe 7y agoApple and IBM.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Could you name one or two of those that are Google's (Alphabet's) size don't contribute? All of them, including Google, because they are legally prohibited from it. Google's PAC donates, but not with Google funds, because corporate PAC donations can't come from corporate treasury funds. There are some large companies that lobby but don't operate PACs (IBM and Apple for instance.) It's debatable whether this is better or not, but it's certainly a different shape of political engagement.
- 542458 7y agoThese are paycheque deductions, so presumably at very least some of the people at google who’s paycheques are funding these donations (plural, lots of other ones in that thread) might care.