Apple has $38 Billion in liquid assets [1]. Facebook has $18 Billion [2]. Amazon has $20 Billion [3]. Alphabet (fka Google) has $73 Billion [4]. Microsoft has $102 Billion [5]. In the last quarter of 2015, the largest companies by market capitalization were Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft [6].
[1] https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/cash_on_hand [2] https://ycharts.com/companies/FB/cash_on_hand [3] https://ycharts.com/companies/AMZN/cash_on_hand [4] https://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG/cash_on_hand [5] https://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT/cash_on_hand [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...
Whatever money tech companies throw into the kitty, it pales in comparison to the wealth, patronage and influence that real estate has on politics. Real estate fuels political machinery -- generates lots of fees for lawyers and accountants, lots of bullshit jobs for dumb brothers in law, etc.
It's also a lucrative business -- her husbands firm stands to make $1B selling post office property alone via an exclusive contract.
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Feinstein just refilled tens of millions of dollars with her husband's personal check. No sweat. Even Google money means nothing to her. She's like Donald Trump, ignorant and totally exempt from consequences, except instead of blundering she's deliberately evil.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/13/local/la-me-campaign...