I'm skeptical that companies can reliably buy outcomes simply by lobbying, because lobbying is so darn cheap.
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Example: Google spent $18 million federal lobbying. If you can achieve anything in Congress for that... you should, like, buy SFBA, right?
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"What's it cost to get root on the SF building commission?" "$650k." "THEIR INCOMPETENCE COSTS US BILLIONS A YEAR. BUY THEM OFF TODAY."
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If lobbying was insert-coin-achieve-outcome you'd not expect market prices for *all possible outcomes* to be cheaper than building a hotel.
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but if it had no effect it wouldn’t happen… So, clearly something is missing from your model
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Right, so its effectiveness is around that of similar spends, like the Christmas party or the nice chair budget for Dublin office.
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