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US legislators repeat AT&T talking points in letter to Obama
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 16 September, 2011
A group of 15 members of the US House Of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama yesterday asking him to support AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile USA.
In their letter, they parrot AT&T's claims that the deal will result in thousands of jobs being created and increased investment in high speed data networks across the country. Those would be excellent reasons to approve the buyout.
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16. September 2011 @ 12:41 |
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I'm sure the president will do everything in his power to ensure that jobs are lost and citizens get screwed...he has repeatedly demonstrated that these are his two main goals.
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xaznboitx
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16. September 2011 @ 14:07 |
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president can force companies to join together? wow
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16. September 2011 @ 17:09 |
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Originally posted by xaznboitx:
president can force companies to join together? wow
The biggest hurdle to the acquisition right now is the Justice Department's antitrust suit. The only person who can tell them to drop it is the President.
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No_ID
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16. September 2011 @ 17:25 |
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Actually, considering that AT&T is the only cell phone company that is fully unionized I wouldn't be surprised if Obama and his cronies were fine with this merger.
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16. September 2011 @ 18:12 |
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Just as a preemptive measure, let me remind everyone that AfterDawn is not a political website and flamewars will not be tolerated.
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ddp
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16. September 2011 @ 23:10 |
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agreed on the no flamewars.
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llongtheD
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17. September 2011 @ 01:17 |
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If AT@T would have been bigger campaign contributors to Obama like Light Squared and Solyndra, this deal would have probably flown right through under the radar.
I saw the flame war warnings and I'm just stating facts, our government is just as corrupt on either side of the aisle. In any case, I hope this deal does not go through. We need more competition, not less.
If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.
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deucezulu22
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17. September 2011 @ 22:46 |
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And just amazed some of you guys like to talk big game about a guy who has to clean up someone else's crap. Whatever, I'm going to stay on topic. I'm glad people are fighting this merger head on. We need healthy competition, and besides; it's bad enough AT@T brought Cingular.
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pmshah
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18. September 2011 @ 01:29 |
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I can't believe AT@T could be so stupid. Do as the Indian industrialists do. Contribute to all political camps that matter. That way you simply can't lose.
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dakii
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18. September 2011 @ 01:45 |
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Originally posted by xaznboitx:
president can force companies to join together? wow
no, they want to merge but are currently being blocked
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IguanaC64
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19. September 2011 @ 12:05 |
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Think of all the local T-Mobile stores that would close down. All the salesfolks and the managers that would be let go due to redundancy. Then all the redundant technical folks that work on the equipment let go. Of course there's also the redundant administrative folks.
I don't see how a merger is going to create more jobs. Some of those T-Mobile people will move over to AT&T, but there's no way all those jobs will exist after a merger.
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