From 9to5Mac’s “Apple CEO Tim Cook personally lobbying Senate Judiciary Committee as antitrust threats loom” posted Tuesday:
Apple is ramping up its efforts to oppose legislation targeting big tech companies in the United States. As reported by Punchbowl News, Apple CEO Tim Cook has personally been calling and meeting with senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee to voice opposition to the American Innovation and Choice Online Act.
As the report explains, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet and mark up the American Innovation and Choice Online Act on Thursday. This legislation was first introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley…
This is not the first time that we’ve heard of Tim Cook personally lobbying lawmakers in regards to antitrust legislation. In fact, it was widely reported last year that Cook had directly called Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to voice concern about looming antitrust legislation.
My take: Politicians will take Tim Cook’s call. He’s known to make donations on both sides of the aisle.
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2. Surging producer prices (future consumer inflation)
3. A global pandemic
4. Interest rates to soon spike because of 1&2
5. Lowest labor participation rate in decades
This is how members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee waste precious time and taxpayer dollars. Priceless. But at a huge cost to the American people.
“This is how [the JDC] waste precious time.”
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’ll see where all this goes in due time.
The JDC is attempting to address flagrant corporate abuse, and.Apple is just too powerful to escape scrutiny. Nor should it.
I’d also note that the previous Congress did squat.
The key phrase is “proposed”. Are you suggesting the Senate ignore proposed legislation?
“I’m suggesting the legislation should not have been proposed at all.”
Yet you dump on the JDC. Are they responsible for the legislation’s proposal?