What Does Lobbying Cost You?
In 2025, organizations spent a record $6.0 billion lobbying Congress. That money shapes the laws governing your taxes, healthcare, and daily life. Drag the slider to see your share.
💰 Your Personal Lobbying Share
Adjust your annual income to see your proportional share
Your annual lobbying share
Per month of corporate influence
That's what your share could buy
Where Your Share Goes
Your $37.62 broken down by industry
Drug pricing, Medicare, FDA regulation
Banking regulation, crypto, insurance
AI regulation, data privacy, antitrust
Oil/gas, renewables, climate policy
Military contracts, procurement
Airlines, shipping, infrastructure
Import/export, trade agreements
Agriculture, education, labor, etc.
🎯 The ROI Problem
For every $1 spent lobbying, corporations get back $220 in tax benefits. McKesson spent $1.45M and received $11.8B in government contracts — an 8,187x return.
Your $37.62 share? Companies turn that into $8,276.24 in benefits.
See the ROI Calculator →🚪 The Revolving Door
5,000+ former government officials now work as lobbyists. They charge 369% more than non-government lobbyists, using insider knowledge and relationships to influence the same agencies they once served.
See the Revolving Door →⚖️ The Playing Field
Corporate lobbying (2025)
Your lobbying budget
The influence gap
Lobbying is legal. But when corporations spend billions influencing Congress while citizens spend nothing, the playing field isn't level. The first step to accountability is transparency.