ATT: Plotting more economic ambushes with Washington cabal
ALERT FROM: SavetheInternet.com
The corporate greed cancer strikes again!
Tell Barack Obama: Stop This Merger
Guess what?
AT&T’s plan to take over T-Mobile is about gouging consumers, destroying a competitor and firing an estimated 20,000 American workers.
We at Free Press have warned about this from day one. Now, one of AT&T’s own lawyers has confirmed it. He inadvertently leaked a letter that reveals the merger has nothing to do with expanding AT&T’s coverage to 97 percent of the country – the main argument the company has made to gain Washington’s support – and everything to do with eliminating the cheaper T-Mobile option from the marketplace (and laying off half of its workforce) to pad company profits.1, 2
The truth is out. Every AT&T argument about the supposed benefits of this merger has now been proven wrong.3 As AT&T’s case unravels, we must keep up the pressure and urge Washington to stop supporting a deal that is so harmful to workers, consumers and our economy:
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
www.freepress.net
www.savetheinternet.com
1. Karl Bode, “Leaked AT&T Letter Demolishes Case For T-Mobile Merger,” DSL Reports, Aug. 12, 2011: http://act2.freepress.net/go/5576?akid=2759.9566923.b4Vzy3&t=9
2. Dave Saldana, “AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile Won’t Create New Jobs,” Other Words, Aug. 15, 2011: http://act2.freepress.net/go/5606?akid=2759.9566923.b4Vzy3&t=11
3. Free Press, “Five Myths about AT&T’s Takeover of T-Mobile:” (pdf) http://act2.freepress.net/go/5048?akid=2759.9566923.b4Vzy3&t=13
4. Todd Shields and Sara Forden, “AT&T Seeks to Bolster T-Mobile Case as Doubts Rise in Poll,” Business Week, Aug. 12, 2011: http://act2.freepress.net/go/5605?akid=2759.9566923.b4Vzy3&t=15
5. Influence Explorer, “AT&T Inc. Contributions,” http://act2.freepress.net/go/5577?akid=2759.9566923.b4Vzy3&t=17
6. Eliza Krigman, “AT&T Gave Cash to Merger Backers,” Politico, June 10, 2011: http://act2.freepress.net/go/4497?akid=2759.9566923.b4Vzy3&t=19
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