Google enlisted US Congressmen it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case

[TheIrishman]

Revealed: how Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/google-lobbyists-congress-antitrust-brussels-eu

<< Google enlisted members of the US congress, whose election campaigns it had funded, to pressure the European Union to drop a €6bn antitrust case which threatens to decimate the US tech firm's business in Europe. The coordinated effort by senators and members of the House of Representatives, as well as by a congressional committee, formed part of a sophisticated, multimillion-pound lobbying drive in Brussels, which Google has significantly ramped up as it fends off challenges to its dominance in Europe. >>

[zenitzz]

What's the issue, this is how it works in the states, you get funded by big business, get elected, then use that power to pay those chaps back that funded you. Some will even directly support you for a cheque in their bank account.

It's a funny place but this is how it works, and pretty much always has....