Why we should fear Google's growth

...Joined tightly to the Obama Campaign since its early days, Google CEO Eric Schmidt served on the Economic Advisory Team and enjoyed a personal meeting three days after the election.

Obama's Democratic administration might well smile on Google's expansion to promote the fortunes of the Democratic Party in the private sector; the Obama campaign, after, all, garnered nearly $700,000 in direct contributions in the recent campaign. More flowed to the party and other Democratic candidates. If nothing is done to curb the Internet behemoth, Google could become a contemporary version of the monopolistic Second Bank of the United States, which impaired American democracy by showering politicians and their allies with financial favors....


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