> Yes, neither of these companies may be offering me the best deal possible, but unless they are colluding, the government should not be involved. It's interes

> Yes, neither of these companies may be offering me the best deal possible, but unless they are colluding, the government should not be involved. It's interesting that you make a dichotomy between collusion - in which you think the government should intervene - and mergers - in which you think the government shouldn't intervene. What is the difference? If you are such a free market proponent, why should the government intervene in collusion? Doesn't a merger just codify any such collusion?