Facebook in Politics?

On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg launched his own political group, Fwd.us. He is teaming up with other Silicon Valley leaders to boost his group that is aimed at revamping immigration policies, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research. The group, pronounced "forward us", is pushing for an immigration policy that creates better boarder security and creates an easy path for immigrants to achieve citizenship. Zuckerberg is also calling for a higher standard in education; he believes there should be more of a push for science, technology, engineering and math in schools. Zuckerberg has received support from Google Inc. chairman Eric Schmidt, Netflix Inc. CEO Reed Hastings, Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer and LinkedIn Corp. CEO Reid Hoffman. It is crazy to me that these multi millionaires are using their money and influence to enter the political ring. Yes, some lobbying is needed to be done in order for anything to be completed in the Senate or House these days, but does that mean the latest creators of technology and social media companies are the answer? Social media has become a major part of our every day lives, but is the next step for them to influence our politics?