Wilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.comWilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoThat’s how it works in the US, isn’t it? Or is it bad because AT&T forgot to say the magic word “lobbying”?
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYeah, it takes a special kind of stupid to go to court over bribery in a country where bribery is legal.
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThey were caught passing a bag with a dollar sign on it while saying “This money is specifically to pass these laws”.
That’s how it works in the US, isn’t it? Or is it bad because AT&T forgot to say the magic word “lobbying”?
Yeah, it takes a special kind of stupid to go to court over bribery in a country where bribery is legal.
They were caught passing a bag with a dollar sign on it while saying “This money is specifically to pass these laws”.