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[quote user="TomDiehl"][quote user="futuremodal"] <P>Yes it would, for the same reasons Standard Oil and Ma Bell were broken up by governmen action.</P> <P>Since none of you dared answer the question as to your collective preference of keeping Standard Oil and Ma Bell intact vs the government forced break up of these companies, I have no alternative but to assume that you all would have favored keeping those entities as monopolies. And that certainly explains your dogged attatchment to the anachronistic integrated monopolistic rail system.</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Since nobody else has answered this, breaking up Ma Bell was a great example of government butting into business to make things worse for the consumers. When this happened, my phone bill went up, service went down, I was now responsible for maintaining the wiring and equipment in my house, I now had to pay for local and long distance calls separately, usually with two different companies.</P> <P>My preference would be for the government to have left the Bell System alone. I got better service at a better price from the "anachronistic integrated monopolistic" phone system. A great example of it not being broken in the first place, but they "fixed" it anyway.</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Tom, you were born to be a serf.</P> <P>There's not too many folks in this world who prefer an economic feudalism (aka an economy dominated by monopolies) to a competitive market array, let alone have the guts to admit it. At least you are consistent.</P> <P>Anyone else have a hankerin' for Tom's *feudal nirvana*?</P>
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