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Google Employees Enjoyed "Revolving Door" to White House Appointed Positions
From the "How DO They Keep That Astronomical Stock Valuation?" Dept.
Resistance, as they say, is futile. According to the Google Transparency Project [googletransparencyproject.org], and reported by watchdog.org [watchdog.org] "More than 250 people have moved from Google and related firms to the federal government or vice versa since President Barack Obama took office."
22 former White House officials went to work for Google and 31 executives from Google and related firms went to work at the White House or were appointed to federal advisory boards by Obama. Those boards include the President’s Council on Science and Technology and the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Of additional interest, besides revolving doors between Google and the FCC, 25 officials in national security, intelligence or the Department of Defense joined Google, and three Google executives went to work for the DOD.
I think ordinary discussion of market forces, laissez-faire and the role of Government is irrelevant in regards to a system in which this is normal and institutionalized practice.
