“There will be something seriously wrong with this country if the government all of the sudden has the power to dictate to a private company who they must pay money to.”
Wrong. Alphabet, which is the parent company of Google, is a public company.
Public companies should stick to making a return on investment for their investors. They should not get into politics or anything else that is not driven by the companies’ respective purposes for existing.
Otherwise, public companies should be required to get investor approval for every penny they use for lobbying, advocacy, and charity.
When companies like Google engage in discriminatory politics and anti-religious censorship, they are robbing the public of the public’s right to determine these things.
Google is using the retirement account funds of many conservatives and Christians to attack conservatives and Christians.
And make no mistake. We are at war. I’m not exaggerating. I’m talking about an existential struggle. What the executives at Google are doing here is putting a gun to our head.
What is the difference between a "public" company and a private company?
Remember, Google, Alphabet, or YouTube, however you wish to slice it, is giving YOU MONEY. It is not TAKING your money. Therefore they are not a monopoly or public utility.
Nobody, N-O-B-O-D-Y is entitled to receive Google's money. You are arguing that the government should force Google to give money to a non-profit political entity whose views you happen to agree with.
Can you not see the absolute disaster that sort of power in the wrong hands government hands would be?