According to associate , the legal effect on the American political solutions through a mechanism of lobbying by Google in 2012, spent nine times more than its main competitor in the mobile operating system, Apple company .
In fact, in 2012, Google even increased their spending on politicians - remember, in the U.S. presidential elections were held - by about 90%, while Apple has reduced them by 13%.
In absolute terms, Google spent 18.22 million. In second place - Microsoft 8.09 million, the third - HP with 7.22 million. All of these companies in 2012 increased spending on lobbying, compared with the previous period.
Oracle and IBM, with figures 6.72 and 4.85 million, respectively, reduced the cost of pushing their interests.
Interestingly, Facebook company , in contrast, contributed to lobbying almost three times more money than in 2011 (3.99 vs. 1.35 million).
Where the money is spent? In the case of Apple, the company tried to influence decision-making in the field of taxation (including the repatriation of proceeds from abroad), education (including the use of digital textbooks in schools), communications (including public access to the Internet and the protection of children).