Ente to Trains@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFreight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDumb ass Congress receives bribe payments from Verizon. It’s not even illegal or something they attempt to hide.
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd it’s not even all that much money. For the SOPA ordeal the telecoms were only paying a few grand per politician.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s as much the threat of opposition, too. “Can’t piss off the telcoms, or they will fund my opponent.”
Dumb ass Congress receives bribe payments from Verizon. It’s not even illegal or something they attempt to hide.
And it’s not even all that much money. For the SOPA ordeal the telecoms were only paying a few grand per politician.
It’s as much the threat of opposition, too. “Can’t piss off the telcoms, or they will fund my opponent.”