Payments helped AT&T obtain key legislative wins in Illinois, prosecutors say.
  • @givesomefucksEnglish
    6•7 months ago

    Paying a fine for bribing someone never made sense…

    Like, it’s essentially just a tax on bribes.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•7 months ago

    $23k for

    eliminating AT&T’s Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligation to provide landline phone service, and separate legislation related to small cell deployments.

    The thing is, it’s so cheap the people actually affected by the legislation could probably have beat it with a gofundme. If bribery were legal, the rich might actually have a harder time.

    • @SuckMyWangEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      The people it affects already paid with their taxes. The government is just greedy