.@rickhasen the way to influence business regulation is lobbying, not big campaign spending, which yields a much lower return on investment
.@kenvogel agree both paths important and that direct corp. spending will be rare
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@rickhasen Not what I'm saying. Lobbying & hard $/bundling is MORE effective way for corps. to influence policy than big outside spending. -
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@kenvogel And I'm saying I don't think corps. are making an either/or choice. They are doing both. -
@rickhasen but, again, big corps investing more in -- & getting more from -- lobbying & hard $/bundling. -
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@kenvogel I'd like to see some empirical evidence to back that up. -
@rickhasen Lockheed (biggest federal contractor) & its execs, 2012: $15M on lobbying, $3M in hard $ donations, < $300k to super PACs/527s -
@kenvogel and how much to c4s and c6s? Only way to know is voluntary disclosure/leak a la Aetna. -
@rickhasen unreported lobbying by execs also unknowable. Pt is: smart corps spend--& get--more w/in the system, as empirical evidence shows.
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