[ale] AT&T is evil

[Lightner, Jeff]

That's why my solution instead of eliminating lawsuits as many want to
do is to instead require that lawyers not be paid any more than the
amount given to the lowest member of the "class".  

It was a joke that Alltel was sued on "behalf of shareholders" over
their buyout by a private equity firm.   The "settlement" didn't even
offer me the paltry $1.32 or so I'm used to in other large class actions
- it simply said something like "we didn't find any meaningful fiduciary
issues so we and Alltel have agreed no payment is due but they'll go
ahead and pay the legal expenses" - that meant ONLY the lawyers got
money on "behalf of shareholders".   It that doesn't seem wrong then
nothing does.

Anyway Obama in the State of Union said he was willing to work on "Tort
Reform" which is code for "We'll let the corporations rape you and you
won't be able to sue".   The funny thing is that Medical reform was done
mainly because of the evils of HMOs that already have that protection.
I remember when HMOs first started in the 80s.  They were actually
encouraging folks to go to the doctor for "preventative" care because
they understood "fixing" things later costs more.  

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey Myers
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:24 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] AT&T is evil

arxaaron wrote:
> On 2011/02/02, at 08:36 , Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> 
>> Drifter wrote:
>>> Those who have an AT&T data plan on their cell phone should look at

>>> this
>>> (from slashdot):
>>>
>>>
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2011/02/01/ATT-faces-lawsuit-over-billi
ng/UPI-87561296594363/
>> Great.  As usual, it's likely to go class action, which means a  
>> handful
>> of lawyers will make some big bucks.
> 
> Yeah... because the lawyers are the problem... not the illegal
> and unethical corporape of consumers by a corrupt corpirate
> conglomerate constitution killing search and seizure darling
> of the repub-lie-con Corporate Welfare State.

I'm not standing up for AT&T by any means.  The bottom line is, the 
system is broken.  The corporation cheats the customer.  In the end, the

corporation gets a slap on the hand, a handful of attorneys make big 
bucks, and the consumer is left with a useless token, a check for 
pennies on the loss, or a coupon for services with the corporation that 
cheated them to begin with.  How about a coupon to move your services to

a competitor?

> 
> Damn all those truth and justice and freedom seekers!
> Why don't they just shut up and let themselves be raped?
> 
> peace
> aaron
> 
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson
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