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re: Trump threatening to use anti trust laws against companies he doesn’t like is wrong
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:57 pm to I B Freeman
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:57 pm to I B Freeman
frick your corporate policy bitch
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:57 pm to I B Freeman
Glove off, IB. Those Companies have chosen to abuse their Platform, becoming Politically partisan and - given their Media power - are actively influencing/manipulating the Electorate. As such, they are fair game.
There were Presidents who threw Journalists/Newspaper Owners...in JAIL, for Seditious actions. We are getting there. And Trump Nation will stand up and applaud.
There were Presidents who threw Journalists/Newspaper Owners...in JAIL, for Seditious actions. We are getting there. And Trump Nation will stand up and applaud.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:57 pm to I B Freeman
It is another democrat stance of Trump and is the idea of Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren.
I wonder if Trump sits around with some of these East Coast liberals and plots to attack them while picking up their biggest causes as policy???? Warren supports his tariffs too.
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But whatever the beliefs of those calling for the breakup of Big Tech, the question remains whether it is wise to shoehorn broader social and political concerns into the narrow, economic remit of antitrust law.
By and large, the market is sufficiently powerful to constrain potentially problematic conduct. Consider the discussion that has developed since the disclosure of Facebook’s relationship with Cambridge Analytica. Mark Zuckerberg has been scrambling to make public amends and to stave off a potentially devastating regulatory response, even going so far as to suggest that perhaps platforms like Facebook should be subject to some regulation. Despite those efforts, the reality is that the market is the most effective regulator, and at the time of this writing Facebook has lost over $75 billion in value.
Alas, the urge to treat antitrust as a legal Swiss Army knife capable of correcting all manner of social and economic ills is apparently difficult to resist. Conflating size with market power, and market power with political power, many recent calls for regulation of the tech industry are framed in antitrust terms. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is one of the worst offenders in this regard:
Today in America competition is dying. Consolidation and concentration are on the rise in sector after sector. Concentration threatens our markets, threatens our economy, and threatens our democracy.
For Senator Warren the antidote is clear: “It is time to do what Teddy Roosevelt did: pick up the antitrust stick again.”
And she is not alone. Abetted by a growing chorus of advocates and scholars on both the left and right, proponents of activist antitrust are now calling for invasive, “public-utility-style” regulation or even the dissolution of the world’s most innovative companies essentially because they seem “too big.” Unconstrained by a sufficient number of competitors, the argument goes, these firms impose all manner of alleged harms — from fake news to the demise of local retail to low wages to the veritable destruction of “democracy.” What is needed, they say, is industrial policy that shackles large companies or that mandates more, smaller firms.
This view contradicts the past century’s worth of experience and learning. It would require jettisoning the crown jewel of modern antitrust law — the consumer welfare standard — and returning antitrust to an earlier era in which inefficient firms were protected from the burdens of competition at the expense of consumers. And doing so would put industrial regulation in the hands of would-be central planners, shielded from any politically accountable oversight.
I wonder if Trump sits around with some of these East Coast liberals and plots to attack them while picking up their biggest causes as policy???? Warren supports his tariffs too.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:58 pm to I B Freeman
You and TxTiger keep hope alive ITT.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:58 pm to I B Freeman
Camps for you too bitch...
Posted on 11/5/18 at 6:58 pm to RCDfan1950
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There were Presidents who threw Journalists/Newspaper Owners...in JAIL, for Seditious actions
And you like that????
OMG what is happening in America.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:00 pm to I B Freeman
This is why those laws were created. Someone needs to use these laws against health insurance companies, mainly BCBS of Alabama!
This post was edited on 11/5/18 at 7:01 pm
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:01 pm to I B Freeman
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OMG what is happening in America.
Waking up?
Do you think people should trust Chris Coumo in telling people that they are breaking the law by reading wikileaks?
That is the American press.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:05 pm to MrLarson
You like that too??? OMG. You want the democrats to arrest Hannity when they get back in office?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:09 pm to I B Freeman
Breaking up monopolies is nothing new.
And frankly google is the definition of a monopoly.
And frankly google is the definition of a monopoly.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:10 pm to I B Freeman
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You want the democrats to arrest Hannity when they get back in office?
If That is what you took away from my post.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:10 pm to I B Freeman
quote:Without making your nonantitrust case, you have ZERO proof "Trump is threatening these great America success stories with anti trust investigations because he doesn't like them." Make your case.
What are you talking about?? Trump is threatening these great America success stories with anti trust investigations because he doesn't like them.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:11 pm to I B Freeman
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And you like that???? OMG what is happening in America.
I love Constitutional (Individual Rights) Principles, IB, and the chance for maximum freedom therein. But our Founders warned us that Constitutional Rule of Law would only work for "a moral and Religious People". There is a point wherein the Populous no longer are wise, vigilant or responsible enough to enable the kind of freedom that we have long enjoyed.
IMO, it is obvious that we are fast reaching that point. If the Left keeps pushing, Trump may well be our last elected POTUS. Authoritarian governance in the pipeline. And I sorely lament that reality.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:12 pm to NC_Tigah
He can’t, he sucks at this almost as bad as he does discussing tariffs...
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:13 pm to I B Freeman
What was your opinion on Obama using the IRS on a group he didn’t approve of?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:13 pm to I B Freeman
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freedom loving conservative
What users do Google and Facebook silence for 500, Alex?
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:20 pm to I B Freeman
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What are Trumpkins? You are not conservative, not republican,hate Democrat’s but love big government. Fascist like Franco??
The Chinamen is transitioning to a NPC.
Trump broke you. I love it.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:22 pm to I B Freeman
Haven’t read the four pages of this thread but I’m gonna take a stab in the dark and say that it’s filled with small government conservatives trying to rationalize it and deflect by saying melt.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:24 pm to I B Freeman
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Seems Trump threatened today to investigate Google, Amazon and Facebook for anti trust violations.
Since they are violating the freedom of speech to all, why shouldn't they be regulated? Either that are be sued by the government.
Posted on 11/5/18 at 7:30 pm to I B Freeman
I'm just here for the downvotes
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