[peterjancelis]

I'm always surprised how cheap it is to buy politicians. I would expect a company like Palantir to spend much more than 1.1 million on lobbying. Does anybody know how much the 'consultancy fees' to former government officials are in total?

[wh1tekn1ght]

If you think Palantir spends a lot on lobbying, check out how much Boeing, Lockheed, and other multi-billion dollar contracting companies spend on lobbying. $1.1mm is probably what they spend on food in a month.

[peterjancelis]

Read my comment again. I think Palantir spends very little on lobbying, not a lot.

[ilobby]

About $390k.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00005517...

[sxoxox]

I would assume they wouldn't need to lobby since there's probably no competition or no required item appropriations for what it is they do. Any advocacy would probably be directly to agency consumers and there's no explicit lobbying involved (although there may be something to be said about the revolving door quid pro quo between government/private sector).

[MrBuddyCasino]

Heh, if anybody does, please make a spot market website, to see what it costs to buy at which level and in which political camp.