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I would think donating to pro environmental lobbying groups. You be surprised how little large corporations spend on lobbying to influence politicians.

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I do like my humour dry.

I'm surprised by what you're saying about the small amount destined to lobbying. Do you have numbers about this?

You have to dig a little, but the average cost for the votes against net neutrality cost about 16,000 per US congressman who voted against it.

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=B

In aggregate, it looks like it's a few billion per year.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/

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