AIG couldn't go down in isolation and you know it. Sure, if any one company of its size could fail and not take others down, causing a broad ripple effect, I'd agree with you. But that's not how the market really works, is it?
So I'll reiterate my stance. If we can figure out how to let companies compete and grow in areas that are vital to the function of the country without getting to the point where we risk major problems if they screw up, then awesome. Otherwise we need to protect the interests of the country over the interests of individual corporations. By all means, do it with the lightest touch possible, but deregulation doesn't seem to have been doing such a hot job the last couple decades. Judah On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me rephrase that statement. I don't support changing the law regarding > the size of corporate entities. I support the judicious use of anti-trust > law to prevent anti-competitive behavior. > > I also don't subscribe to the notion that any single company is too big to > fail. Our current predicament stems from the threat of systemic failure, not > the threat to any single entity. If it were just AIG that was going to go > down in flames, then I say let them fail. > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Robert wrote: > >> I don't support doing anything to prevent a private company from growing. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274392 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
