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Amazon’s spending on lobbying: 2018: $14.2 million 2017: $13.0 million 2016: $11.4 million 2015: $9.4 million 2014: $4.9 million 2013: $3.5 million 2012: $2.5 million 2011: $2.2 million 2010: $2.1 million 2009: $1.8 million 2008: $1.3 millionpic.twitter.com/eFCTeNBalB
Why is that a relevant metric?
For Amazon, as a percentage of revenue, last year’s spending was similar to a decade ago.
Actually surprised total dollar spent isn’t higher. How does that compare to other large lobbying industries? Ie oil, healthcare, etc.
How goes that compare to other companies of similar size?
I think he is raising a question whether lobbying is an unavoidable cost of doing business
Thats the real question.
That would help make the number more meaningful, as would ratio of lobbying to advertising; However, the number of targets of lobbying (100k elected officials, 535 federal elected officials, 6000 political appointees) is constant, so an absolute increase is also meaningful.
0.0061% for 2018
If the question is about influence the metric seems like it should be amazon lobbying dollars percentage of total lobbying dollars
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