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		bamboozled on May 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber of... There you go again, it’s someone else’s problem right ? For example, what if some of the money used by Google et al, went to lobbying the government to change its stance on healthcare ?

drstewart on May 9, 2019 [–]

Probably the same reason Volkswagen doesn't spend its billions lobbying the German government to change its stance on refugees?

Apocryphon on May 9, 2019 | [–]

VW does a huge amount of lobbying:

https://lobbyfacts.eu/articles/29-10-2015/volkswagen-top-10-...

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2019...

drstewart on May 10, 2019 | | [–]

I'm going to guess they lobby for their benefit, not to solve social ills.

Apocryphon on May 10, 2019 | | [–]

https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/sustainability/refugee-aid.h...

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