On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Reese wrote:
> "It occurs to me that if you saddle a company with a restrictive contract
> like the US did with S&W AND the contract makes the firm unable to sell
> its products to anyone but govt agencies AND the govt preferentially
> buys all the output of that company--you have effectively nationalized
> the firm."
>
> Comments?
>
> Reese
>
A fairly close representation of the system. In this case, the gun
manufacturers. The US Govt (and the corps that place reps in Congress)
will many times voluntarily nationlize in order to gain legal monopoly
status.
Onward to fascism.
"...but it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was
finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother"
1984
