[bmajz]

I was pretty surprised to see Zoe Lofgren's name pop up as an anti tax filing simplification advocate. She's the rep from CA's 19th District which covers San Jose (but not the rest of Silicon Valley) and generally a straight down the line liberal. This is not even Intuit's core district -- that would Anna Eshoo's 17th (previously 14th) district which covers Mountain View and Palo Alto. As a resident of this district, I guess I have something to write in about.

[undersuit]

According to open data[1] the largest contributor to her campaign is Intuit and it's employees.

[1] https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N000...

[rsync]

"According to open data[1] the largest contributor to her campaign is Intuit and it's employees."

And without even looking, I am going to guess it's some shockingly low number ... let's take a look ...

Ding!

$30k. That's all it took.

Should we have some fun and see if $31k is enough for (whoever this lady is that nobody has ever heard of) to tattoo "rsync.net" on her forearm ?

$32k ? What should our offer be ?

Maybe she can help councilman Ben Kallos pull the rickshaw.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13972360

[bmajz]

Well, would you look at that? Poking around this site will be fun.

[ishi]

This list just screams "corruption". How can it be legal for companies such as Facebook, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, Apple, etc. etc. to donate directly to a politician? Isn't it obvious that these corporations think they have something to gain from it? That's bribery in plain sight.

[damon_c]

Wow I can't believe it. /s