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General Discussion / Re: AmeriPol thread
« on: May 12, 2022, 01:08:00 am »
Sadly, the US business world is not one with a history of honoring public trusts or obligations.
Rather, you would see them preferentially lawyer up, soak in money meant for public trusts, then not deliver, and use the lawyers to argue it was legal.
For precedent, see the broadband spending bills of the 90s meant to get us digital fiber infrastructure. Some fiber was laid, but most of the money was just siphoned out.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5839394
Rather, you would see them preferentially lawyer up, soak in money meant for public trusts, then not deliver, and use the lawyers to argue it was legal.
For precedent, see the broadband spending bills of the 90s meant to get us digital fiber infrastructure. Some fiber was laid, but most of the money was just siphoned out.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5839394