about them. but when it comes to accountability, which i think a big part of this when we are investigating what went wrong and who is ultimately accountable, the question when it comes to accountability is, what kind of accountability will count? because in cases like this where you have these big companies, at the end of the day, they are going to be hit with a fine or a civil settlement that is going to be small money to them. it s a rounding error they spend more money lobbying than they do want exactly. and for some of these they build these into their budget. it s a line item. so, when you re talking about accountability, what can you implement that s going to actually matter? people asking for criminal charges potentially if there are signs of criminal negligence. and so i think that s a bigger conversation to be had. because regulations are one. thing but it if they have teeth. and if it s a drop in the bucket, people just doing keep doing what they are doing.
but when it comes to accountability, which i think a big part of this conversation right now, as it should be, when we are investigating what went wrong and who is ultimately accountable, the question when it comes to accountability is, what kind of accountability will count? because in cases like this where you have these big companies, at the end of the day, they are going to be hit with a fine or a civil settlement that is going to be small money to them. it s a rounding error they spend more money lobbying than they will on exactly. and for some of these they build these into their budget. it s a line item. so, when you re talking about accountability, what can you implement that s going to actually matter? people asking for criminal charges potentially if there are signs of criminal negligence. and so i think that s a bigger conversation to be had. because regulations are one thing but they don t matter if they don t have teeth. and if it s a drop in the
so they are calling for military intervention in ukraine. ukraine spends quite a bit of money lobbying in washington admits paying off. one of those members is a republican, mike turner, from ohio. we talked to him about it at some length recently. spew on the lesson of 20 years in afghanistan and the tragic and cowardly counterproductive exit is that we need more troops in ukraine? why should the average american care, sincerely. ukraine is a strategic import most of the imports you are seeing of russia being aggressive with their ships come aggressive with our planes, or in the areas of the black sea which is an important area for us and our native allies. bulgaria, greece, and turkey. we have not asked anybody to go to war with russia or send troops to russia for the purposes of going to war with
intervention in ukraine. ukraine spent quite a bit of money lobbying in washington, and it s paying off. one of the members of congress say republican again we re sad to tell you he s called mike turner. he s from ohio. we talked to him about it at some length. take a look. tucker: the lesson of 20 years in afghanistan and the tragic of cowardly and counterproductive exit from afghanistan is we need more troops in ukraine? i don t so why should the average american care about the territorial integrity of ukraine? so ukraine is a strategic import of the. [indiscernible] most of the imports you ve been seeing of russia, um, being aggressive with our ships, aggressive with our planes, are in the areas of the black sea which is an important area for and our nato allies. four countries, bulgaria, greece and turkey, all border it which we have reciprocal defense agreements. we ve not asked anyone to go to war with russia or send troops to russia or ukraine for the purposes of going
so now that this has been confirmed, we knew this, you have made this point many times, it s hurting kids worse than marlboro reds ever did, to be honest about it, and congress has done nothing. so how much longer can that continue? if it s up to congress, a lot longer. and facebook knows this, and this is what drives everybody crazy. like me watching this. facebook is spending millions of dollars a year to buy the rules that govern them. in 2020, the lobbying members showed that facebook and amazon spend more money lobbying congress than boeing, lockheed martin, and raytheon. that is the entirety of the defense industrial complex. facebook and amazon spent more money lobbying than they did. and they know this is how this game is played. in congress, how many times have they been beating their chest at hearings for years now and saying they are willing to take on big tech, but they have never once taken an actual up or down