[frm88]

These numbers are wrong. There is no possible way Liberia has spent 10% of its GDP on lobbying the US for the past 10 years. They just signed (May 2026) a lobbying contract for $1.2 million with a lobbying company in the US, which seems vastly more in proportion https://liberianinvestigator.com/liberia-ballard-partners-lo...

OpenSecrets laid off 30% of its staff due to financial problems [0] and I'm absolutely sure that site is AI generated. No idea what numbers are displayed there but no country can afford 10% of GDP for 10 years for influence in Washington.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSecrets

[HWR_14]

Those numbers in no way indicate that Liberia spent 10% of its gdp lobbying the US. It looks like approximately 0.8%, which is still fantastically high

[frm88]

You are right, of course. Thanks for the correction. I will try to switch on my brain before posting next time.

[HWR_14]

It's an easy, and common, mistake to make. Sorry for the tone.