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bucolic_frolic

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1. In re: the billionaires

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 02:00 PM

Feb 16

Our free market enforcement hasn't broken up a big monopoly since AT&T. They're more worried about competitiveness than concentration of wealth or capital. Too weak to be big allows merger after merger. The Big Banks are now the Biggest Big Banks. This mess is not going away by preventing microchip mergers and foreign suppliers. It goes away through adequate taxation that serves all of society.

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Robert Reich: The Squalor of the Epstein Class [View all] FakeNoose Feb 16 OP

In re: the billionaires bucolic_frolic Feb 16 #1

Correct, and Robert Reich has addressed those issues in other newsletters FakeNoose Feb 16 #2

There's rich by extortion NJCher Feb 17 #3

Bill Clinton's motive was the Clinton Foundation FakeNoose Feb 17 #4

That makes sense NJCher Feb 17 #5