PinBass

147 pts ยท September 12, 2018


That's also partially why Bezos has been advocating for a raise in the minimum wage and regulations.

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That's partially why amazon still prices anything bought from them under cost even though they have massive market share.

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Without regulations causing barriers to entry any inflation of prices above natural levels will create an opportunity for a new business.

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afford his steel during wartime and not go into so much debt. He raised prices after the war had ended to standard market levels.

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US steel did cut prices and lose money on steel for a while but it was not to undercut competition it was so that the US government could

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government interference in the market. No monopoly has ever lasted as long as the Bell monopoly did with government backing.

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People like to point out Standard Oil as the quintessential monopoly but they are a perfect example of how monopolies don't last without

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military, they kept their prices low. By the time of their breakup they had already lost between 30 and 40% of their market share.

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Yes but SO never started gouging prices and even during their 90% market share time, which was due to being the sole provider of oil to the

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larger market share than before their breakup.

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Standard Oil specifically had gone from 90% market share to ~60-70% before their breakup. After their breakup former SO companies had a

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because they were the sole providers for the government during wartime.

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Both Standard Oil and US steel had already started losing market share before the breakups. They also both only got as large as they did

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The more you reply the worse your argument gets & the more obvious it gets you are ignorant of everything you are attempting to speak about.

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Let alone if we added Industrial, Building, Transportation, and Misc to the totals.

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You should also realize Lawyers are #2 and the BAR Association is a Union so we get to add that into the union total.

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Even if her information was correct #25 out of 121 is still one of the largest.

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She mentions #25 when the list she linked only goes to #20.

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Turns out Unions are listed under Business Associations which is #5 on the list, making them one of the largest lobbyists in the US.

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I will always support it because I refuse to ever join a union. I can and have negotiated a higher than union salary for myself.

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Right to work simply states I cannot be required to join a union in order to be hired for a job. It helps make sure unions stay honest.

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Given that open secrets is funded mostly by leftist to my knowledge its actually kinda funny they so strongly confirm my assertion.

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Looking around some more I realize unions are listed under business associations on the page you linked. They are #5 in that list.

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That page has nothing to do with what you are trying to prove.

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also its *have and *anti-regulation. Not an argument against you but proofreading before hitting send is a virtue.

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So you are a supporter of right to work?

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Unions do just as much lobbying as your corporate boogeyman and in many states they get preferential treatment like gov mandated monopolies.

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Collective bargaining can be done without lobbying and having a monopoly on labor.

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You know unions are some of the largest lobbyist groups in the US right? Lobbyists have no power if government has no power to regulate.

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I also almost did it in a stock 91 civic hatch but water was a little bit deeper than I thought it was and I ended up hydro locking it.

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