@Wilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months agoAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.com@Wilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zipnews@lemmy.world
minus-square@Worx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish10•5 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-square@quindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•5 months agoYeah, it takes a special kind of stupid to go to court over bribery in a country where bribery is legal.
minus-square@TexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•5 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”.