Ente@sopuli.xyz to Trains@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoFreight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up158file-text
arrow-up158external-linkFreight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)youtu.beEnte@sopuli.xyz to Trains@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoDumb ass Congress receives bribe payments from Verizon. It’s not even illegal or something they attempt to hide.
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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-up1·11 months 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.”