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Old 01-08-2013, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by d-ray657 View Post
Pete, I'll agree with you about one thing. There needs to be a helluva lot more trust-busting. Combinations - vertical integration, horizontal integration - are eliminating any possibility for an actual free market.

As an aside, I am loving this TR biography I'm reading now - "Theodore Rex." It is just reaching the point in his presidency where he is taking on the trusts.

Regards,

D-Ray
Maybe if the Repub House would stop cutting the budgets of the FTC, SEC,Consumer Protection they could afford to go after the big banks.
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