[governance] Facebook spent $4 million to lobby U.S. lawmakers in 2012

[Riaz K Tayob]

The Corporate European Observatory makes the same point as Peake makes 
regarding Europe in Brussels and Strasbourg.

However, the EU has no equivalent of the Citizens United decision in the 
US (in which corporates can donate freely to their candidates, which is 
constitutionally protected). Formal (liberal) equality has its uses and 
abuses I suppose.



On 2013/01/24 06:01 PM, Adam Peake wrote:
> But it's how laws are made and not made. Good that
> we actually get to see the money flow, records of ex parte meetings,
> information about "revolving door" of employment (which also seems to
> be a feature of public service). Much clearer than many countries,
>
> Adam


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