I’m assuming we all have some about of disposable income when I say this, but we could plan lobby trips to DC. With airfare plus hotel, it would cost each person about $1,500 for a visit to congressional offices and a night stay. We could go to congressional offices as teams and have at least one of us from each district show up. It would send the message that, not only do tech people care about data privacy, but that we’re getting increasingly organized. Politicians will take notice and consider more carefully about bills they support.
This is a mystery to me. When the sums of money that change decisions in Washington show up they tend to be small. Rarely even a million. Why can’t be those sums crowdsourced? I have a couple of guesses. 1. This is so low because there is low competition, the amounts will quickly go into billions if challenged. 2. They actually support those causes and will refuse money that comes from the people, not the corporations. 3. Anyone who would try that will be discredited, sued or even eliminated. Money is just a small part of it.
I’m assuming we all have some about of disposable income when I say this, but we could plan lobby trips to DC. With airfare plus hotel, it would cost each person about $1,500 for a visit to congressional offices and a night stay. We could go to congressional offices as teams and have at least one of us from each district show up. It would send the message that, not only do tech people care about data privacy, but that we’re getting increasingly organized. Politicians will take notice and consider more carefully about bills they support.