On: An open letter to Eric Schmidt from Mathias Döpfne...

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If you had as much money, would you not also spend some of it on lobbying?

I believe Google's actions were defensive in nature. I despise our politicians who will take "contributions" and ignore the people who elected them; still, if I had that much money I'd probably be lobbying too.

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Aren't there companies that don't really spend a lot of money on lobbying even if they make a lot of it? Like, say Apple.

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http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/05/23/apple-on-pace-to-d...

I guess it depends on what you consider "a lot of money."