• satanmat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That is clearly not true.

    We also give massive tax breaks to corporations that then don’t do the things for which the breaks were given — e.g. Foxconn in WI. Build a chip plant? Nah we’re good.

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      1 year ago

      Reminder that the US Congress gave AT&T and Verizon BILLIONS of dollars to build out a national broadband network decades ago. They pocketed that money and didn’t lay a single meter foot of fiber with zero consequences.

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        Billions of taxpayer money gone to AT&T and Verizon? Sounds like their infrastructure should be seized and nationalized.