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Tech Companies Adopt Astroturf to Get Their (Wicked) Way
"In 2013, the 10 biggest tech companies upped their spending on lobbying by 16 percent over the previous year. Companies like Amazon, Google and IBM spent far more than most pharmaceutical firms, the National Rifle Association, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, and others that we tend to associate with trying to control the conversation in Washington DC.
And just like these other lobbiers, tech megacorps are casting a lot of their money toward causes that increase social and economic inequality, like pushing for cheaper labor and tax breaks for the richest of the rich."
It gets worse:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23167-tech-companies-adopt-astroturf-to-get-their-wicked-way
