If you think they are lobbying now, wait till their Virginia HQ opens up.
Amazon Lobbied More Government Entities Than Any Other US Company Last Year
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#12If you think they are lobbying now, wait till their Virginia HQ opens up.
But it's for the benefit of the customer !
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#13They have the most diverse set of businesses of any company, so this makes sense.
Why is product diversity a driver of lobbying? Does Amazon have to lobby anyone at all? There are institutional investors who have stakes in a much wider variety of companies than Amazon. Why aren't they at the top of the list?
The headline says “more government entities”, implying diversity of regulations-they-care-about.
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#14You either allow lobbying or ban it. Amazon used a legal process to tip the balance in their favour. The entire lobbying thing does sound to me like a hack in the entire democratic process. People should vote not companies.
Lobbying in some form is explicitly protected by the 1st amendment. The question is: If you form a contract for someone else to petition for a redress of greivances on you behalf, is that contract void?
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#15Amazon's reach into the FAA is particularly hysterical. Given that Amazon would like to do drone deliveries and has pissed off the FAA in some regards in the past - specific regulatory language confirms this - they have a huge footprint and open door policy in the DC offices. Companies competing in the delivery space like WalMart, UPS, etc should be very nervous about the drafting that goes on now at Amazon's becking.
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#16It's also bigger than any other US company, isn't it? (Head to head with Apple)
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#17You either allow lobbying or ban it. Amazon used a legal process to tip the balance in their favour. The entire lobbying thing does sound to me like a hack in the entire democratic process. People should vote not companies.
Lobbying in some form is explicitly protected by the 1st amendment. The question is: If you form a contract for someone else to petition for a redress of greivances on you behalf, is that contract void?
Note that this is also what labor unions and advocacy organizations like the ACLU operate under. Are we still so blasé about “corporations shouldn’t have 1A rights”?
To preempt, campaign contributions are considered speech because (in theory) there are legal limits on what you can do with them.
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#18You either allow lobbying or ban it. Amazon used a legal process to tip the balance in their favour. The entire lobbying thing does sound to me like a hack in the entire democratic process. People should vote not companies.
Lobbying in some form is explicitly protected by the 1st amendment. The question is: If you form a contract for someone else to petition for a redress of greivances on you behalf, is that contract void?
1st amendment rights apply to people. They should not apply to corporations.
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#19I honestly don't know who is worse these days - wall street firms or big tech companies. These (Google, Amazon ... ) were the same companies that we looked up to, just a few years ago. How much things can change in such a short time :(
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lobbying in some form is explicitly protected by the 1st amendment. The question is: If you form a contract for someone else to petition for a redress of greivances on you behalf, is that contract void?
1st amendment rights apply to people. They should not apply to corporations.
And what about NGOs? What's the difference between NGOs and corporations?