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Angry Dragon

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4. At one time anti-trust laws were used

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:50 PM

May 2012

when was the last time the government actually went after anyone for anti-trust??

Look at media, banks, investment firms ........
AT&T is back to buying everyone again and no one stops them

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Question: Too big is bad?? [View all] Angry Dragon May 2012 OP

Too big is definitely bad, corporate-wise, elleng May 2012 #1

At one time anti-trust laws were used Angry Dragon May 2012 #4

Right, anti-trust enforcement has really gone down the tubes in recent years. elleng May 2012 #6

Well given that most government discretionary spending is on the military n2doc May 2012 #2

The only point I was trying to make was the comparison Angry Dragon May 2012 #5

Bingo! applegrove May 2012 #3