[miked]

So, Facebook invites Obama to their HQ to give a "townhall", then many of their execs contribute heavily to his campaign, and then Solyndra, er, Facebook gets a massive tax break. This is one of the many reasons why I, too, have made Obama a secular substitute for Jesus and anti-racism an easy-to-satisfy substitute for a more rigorous personal morality.

In other news, Facebook co-founder Chris Zell has purchased The New Republic magazine and turned it into magazine so pro-Obama that even its former owner, Martin Peretz (himself an Obama supporter) has attacked it.

http://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2013/02/14/the-new-new-republic...

[rollo_tommasi]

Facebook is taking advantage of a long-standing loophole in the tax code, not the President Obama Decrees Special Breaks For Buddies Act of 2013. There is a story here about the insidious influence of major corporations, but it's considerably more nuanced than the one you're pitching.

[yareally]

Businesses don't take sides in politics. They contribute to whomever will make their lives easier in the government and currently has the power to do so.