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Most legislation, counted in line or pages, is written by industry. Legislators aren't writing this themselves. And there's little in the way of taking a stron
by cmurf 10y ago
Most legislation, counted in line or pages, is written by industry. Legislators aren't writing this themselves.
And there's little in the way of taking a strong anti-trust (competition law) in politics. The Obama administration watched over, and permitted mergers that very blatantly reduce competition: multiple airlines, and drug companies. And it was more aggressive overall in applying competition law compared to previous Republican administrations. So, point is, even with a Democratic president, competition law isn't pressed strongly enough, let alone with a Republican in office where it's apparently "we need to recognize more natural monopolies, and help them whenever possible".
About the only thing all Americans might be able to agree on when it comes to politics, is the increasingly obvious need for a constitutional amendment getting money out of politics.