Agreed. There are plenty of examples where overwhelming money failed to change the outcome. Bloomberg’s presidential run where he spent $1B and failed miserably is a great example.
As is the failure of the Keystone XL pipeline where according to HN that sweet, sweet oil money would be impossible to defeat. Well, it was defeated.
The mistake people make is “oh this problem hasn’t been fixed and someone is spending lobbying dollars so it won’t be fixed, so that must be the reason”.
I’d ask if Intuit wasn’t lobbying against cheaper ways to files taxes so we really think it would have been implemented?
As is the failure of the Keystone XL pipeline where according to HN that sweet, sweet oil money would be impossible to defeat. Well, it was defeated.
The mistake people make is “oh this problem hasn’t been fixed and someone is spending lobbying dollars so it won’t be fixed, so that must be the reason”.
I’d ask if Intuit wasn’t lobbying against cheaper ways to files taxes so we really think it would have been implemented?