Then I fail your test. I dont want a monopoly. In th epast, I've worked for both electric and phone companies and all it breeds is laziness and waste. In competitive markets, I find the challenge invigorating. -RickG
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Matt Liotta <mlio...@r337.com> wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Chuck Bartosch wrote: > > > That statement completely ignores history. The tendency of any > unconstrained capitalist is to form a monopoly. Hell, *I'd* do it if I could > ;-). And unconstrained capitalism that achieves a monopoly rarely acts in > its customers own best interests. > > > > If nothing else, it's in our society's interest to prevent monopolies > because innovation stagnates in a monoploy situation. > > > It should be every capitalist desire to become a monopolist. The > government's role should be to encourage businesses to innovate and grow > towards being a monopoly while hoping the market has sufficient competition > to stop that ultimate result. If not, then step in to prevent the monopoly > from abusing its position. The government must only set the rules of the > game and ensure market fairness through their rules. The government > shouldn't participate in the market either with its own entity or by picking > winners and losers through its actions. > > -Matt > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
