We can’t even pretend we have a Congress that represents The People
“Amazon, Google, META and Microsoft dropped $61.5 million last year. Not on products, on politicians. They hired over 350 lobbyists. That's almost one for every two members of Congress”
“One lobbyist to wine and dine and another one to rewrite the laws. Now they dodge antitrust lawsuits, delay regulations, and keep their monopolies safe. This explains why these companies stocks are up so much in the past five years”
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