Quote:The argument is that we need regulation to prevent monopolies, I'm pointing out that monopolies exist with and without regulation. That in fact under the current system of heavy regulation you have a monopoly over private business in the form of government regulation. You can't compete with government, and it's become near impossible to change government.

 

with private monopolies you could at least to compete against them, good luck competing against a federal government.

 

You're saying it again, but I'm still not sure what you're implying. Regulation is probably too broad of a term since it can encompass pretty much anything the government puts forth, from environmental policies to anti-piracy laws to collusion.

 

I don't see how a Federal antitrust law saying that a particular business, e.g. AT&T, cannot have more than a certain percentage of the telecommunications industry is somehow a government monopoly over that particular industry.

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