Google, in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans
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Re: Google, in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans
#2Turncoats.
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#3This is probably going to be a hard problem for a lot of companies. Spending quite a lot of money on Democrats and little on Republicans looked like a good strategy given the polling, but now they have to deal with a office holder that is not the least concerned with building bridges and has a bit of vengeful streak.
Not to mention all the contacts they have built up in the permanent staff might not be there as long as normal[1]. The typical hire former government workers to lobby current government might also be in danger if the President goes through with his anti-lobbyist rule changes. This is actually a big deal for a lot of people, because these permanent employees are a lot of organization's touchstones that cross administrations and party lines.
I would advice Google to have a small talk with their doodle team to not rock the boat this year. That might be a signal on how aggressive they really are.
1) http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-...
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#4Gross. I thought a Google in bed with the Obama administration was unsettling. One in bed with the GOP and Trump is terrifying. Google has the keys to the muslim registry, and every other kind of registry you could imagine in every country it operates.
Re: Google, in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans
#5Gross. I thought a Google in bed with the Obama administration was unsettling. One in bed with the GOP and Trump is terrifying. Google has the keys to the muslim registry, and every other kind of registry you could imagine in every country it operates.
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Re: Google, in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans
#6Shocked? It's called lobbying--it's been around for decades.
Re: Google, in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans
#7This is probably going to be a hard problem for a lot of companies. Spending quite a lot of money on Democrats and little on Republicans looked like a good strategy given the polling, but now they have to deal with a office holder that is not the least concerned with building bridges and has a bit of vengeful streak. Not to mention all the contacts they have built up in the permanent staff might not be there as long…
> The typical hire former government workers to lobby current government might also be in danger if the President goes through with his anti-lobbyist rule changes.
This is one thing that I'm really looking forward to.
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#8I'm not optimistic, but I hope that the Trump era finally puts an end to the illusions people had about tech giants as a vehicle for social progress. We're stepping into an era of extreme inequality, authoritarianism, and intolerance, all borne on the back of their rise. They may not be the origin of these trends, but they certainly rode them to tremendous wealth without anything besides the most superficial concerns for their social consequences.
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#9Shocked? It's called lobbying--it's been around for decades.
So has bribery. It doesn't mean people shouldn't still be outraged when it happens.
Re: Google, in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans
#10This is probably going to be a hard problem for a lot of companies. Spending quite a lot of money on Democrats and little on Republicans looked like a good strategy given the polling, but now they have to deal with a office holder that is not the least concerned with building bridges and has a bit of vengeful streak. Not to mention all the contacts they have built up in the permanent staff might not be there as long…
Google as a company gives equally between the 2 parties[0] (via it's PAC(s)). Google employees that donated to candidates or various government entities definitely leans towards the democrat side[1]. So the company knows to hedge its bets and give equally both ways. (Most large companies do this, like Comcast[2]).
[0] https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pac2pac.php?cycle=2016&cmte...
[1] https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000067823&c...
[2] https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pac2pac.php?cycle=2016&cmte...