No dispute there, though sometimes the industry that could be negatively impacted by those bribes doesn't realize until it's too late. An example of this is "everyone who uses aluminum as a raw material for manufacturing" which is not an organized lobbyist group, which has been screwed over by tariffs during both Trump terms, despite being bigger in market cap and number of jobs impacted.

Probably not the case with telecoms though -- they seem to have fully bought all the needed politicians already, so you're right on that front.