SOMEHOW, Congresspeople who receive massive donations from Google employees have written incredibly specific letters to other governments directly begging them not to investigate Google.
Anna Eshoo is a great example of a bought-and-paid for Google shill. Her primary donor is Google (technically, :Google employees:) and she's actually actively campaigned for Google on the international stage.
Google doesn't OFFICIALLY endorse anyone, but they buy out of a lot of them.
EDIT: My comments have been rate limited for being unpopular, so my response to the below comment is:
In the 2014 cycle, Googlers donated to 252 members of the House of Representatives, and 64 members of the Senate. Obviously, the majority of which aren't presiding over Silicon Valley.
I've never heard of Anna Eshoo before, here's the first few lines of her Wikipedia bio:
Anna Georges Eshoo (born December 13, 1942) is the U.S. Representative for California's 18th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which includes part of Silicon Valley, includes the cities of San Jose, Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto.
It doesn't seem that unusual for the representative of the area that a large company is based in to help defend their interests.
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SOMEHOW, Congresspeople who receive massive donations from Google employees have written incredibly specific letters to other governments directly begging them not to investigate Google.
Anna Eshoo is a great example of a bought-and-paid for Google shill. Her primary donor is Google (technically, :Google employees:) and she's actually actively campaigned for Google on the international stage.
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N0000... <- $24k so far this cycle, $34k/top donor last cycle.
And shilling: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/225332-lawmakers-protes... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/anna-eshoo-zoe-lofg...
The other Congressperson mentioned in both above received $22k from Googlers so far this season, and $32k/top donor last cycle: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N0000...
Google doesn't OFFICIALLY endorse anyone, but they buy out of a lot of them.
EDIT: My comments have been rate limited for being unpopular, so my response to the below comment is:
In the 2014 cycle, Googlers donated to 252 members of the House of Representatives, and 64 members of the Senate. Obviously, the majority of which aren't presiding over Silicon Valley.
Here's a list: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000022008&...
I've never heard of Anna Eshoo before, here's the first few lines of her Wikipedia bio:
Anna Georges Eshoo (born December 13, 1942) is the U.S. Representative for California's 18th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which includes part of Silicon Valley, includes the cities of San Jose, Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto.
It doesn't seem that unusual for the representative of the area that a large company is based in to help defend their interests.