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Story: Microsoft faces claims it threatened MPs with job cuts in constituencies Total Replies: 5
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montezuma

May 23, 2015
8:53 AM EDT 		the Brits standing up to the slothful giant MS. Now if only this could happen more generally and in DC as well. One would hope that in a democracy the best ideas would take precedence........Naive I know.
seatex

May 23, 2015
9:01 AM EDT 		Once corporations can start threatening government officials, you have REAL problems. Yes, of course we have the same in the US.
nmset

May 23, 2015
9:08 AM EDT 		With less earnings, MS is bound to cut costs, that's not blameful from a managerial point of view. It remains to see how much the govt. can absord of those laid by.
DrGeoffrey

May 23, 2015
9:28 AM EDT 		Much like political corruption, the first step to redress this problem is shining a light on it.
albinard

May 23, 2015
10:13 AM EDT 		@seatex: In the US, corporations don't need to threaten government officials - they already own them.
seatex

May 23, 2015
10:47 AM EDT 		>albinard - Very True.

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