Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees / Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say::Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say.

  • kromem@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Not the voters though.

    That’s the part that’s wild.

    Many Republicans have cable, and probably even complained in the past about being ripped off with something related to their cable (no one I know loves to complain about losing money more than the Republicans I know).

    And yet they vote for people that actively try to prevent that pain from going away.

    It’s like they are all masochists voting in as extreme sadists as possible so their representatives will hurt them more.

    “Ohhh Daddy, tie up the FCC and spank me with more monopolistic cable fees.”

    • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

      -LBJ

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      11 months ago

      If I were a grifter Id need to find gullible people to grift. Where might I find a list of folks with a proven track record of being imbeciles who would swallow the most obvious lies with glee? Id look to churches. This is the republican party. A bunch of snake oil salesmen and grifters at the top only interested in power and money and their drooling horde of imbeciles being strung along with ever more fantastic lies and conspiracy theories. All ya gotta do is say youre the party of jesus. They come pre lobotomized from the churches.

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      11 months ago

      They don’t like paying the fee, but they’re willing to take one for the team as long as they know that it hurts poor people more.