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"The bill ended AT&T's obligation to provide landline phone service to all state residents" All that for a $22,500 payment. Talk about leverage.
by pcurve 4y ago
"The bill ended AT&T's obligation to provide landline phone service to all state residents"
All that for a $22,500 payment. Talk about leverage.
- largbae 4y agoI don't get it, what is the difference between what was done here and paying a lobbyist?
- DannyBee 4y agoThey made the payment through a lobbyist if I read this right. In any case, lobbyists are paid to talk at people, not bribe them.
- daniel-cussen 4y ago
- bluefirebrand 4y agoCynically, lobbyists are paid to find ways of bribing people without getting caught, or inventing forms of bribery that aren't illegal yet.
- rayiner 4y agoIf by “cynically” you mean “inaccurately.” Lobbying involves making Power Points for staffers and doing their homework for them by drafting proposed legislation.
- ofer2 4y agoLobbyists probably also tend to hire ex-politicians as a form of (perfectly legal) delayed bribery; and hire family members of politicians (https://youtu.be/jXf04bhcjbg?t=1493 https://youtu.be/jXf04bhcjbg?t=1493).