How Silicon Valley Buys Influence In Washington

There was a terrific story, actually a great leak of a memo from Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft. The Microsoft employees were asking him why Microsoft donates to packs and causes. And he gave what I think is like the most interesting and honest answer.Um, I'll just read a bit of it. He says, uh, about the money. I can tell you it plays an important role, not because the checks are big, but because the way the political process works.Politicians in the United States have events. They have weekend ret ...