| The EU has also set their antitrust sites on Google »www.free-press-release.com/news/···432.html
European Union antitrust regulators launched an in-depth probe Tuesday into Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad broker DoubleClick, saying an initial investigation showed the deal would raise competition concerns. Governments don't like it when a corporation gets big enough to fight them on an equal footing.
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| said by fAcEtIOUs:Governments don't like it when a corporation gets big enough to fight them on an equal footing. Right. Until they join together, they get worried. 
Maybe this is part of that effort to bring Google to heel.
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really the only thing a government power wise has over many corporations is the military.
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said by fAcEtIOUs:Governments don't like it when a corporation gets big enough to fight them on an equal footing. although that may be true, that isn't the reason for DOJ's interest. I call it governmental capture - my take on regulatory capture (from wikipedia):
Regulatory governmental capture is a term used to refer to situations in which a government regulatory agency created to act in the public interest instead acts in favor of the commercial or special interests that dominate in the industry or sector it is charged with regulating.
also similar to plutocracy, |
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Raleigh, NC | reply to fAcEtIOUs
said by fAcEtIOUs:Governments don't like it when a corporation gets big enough to fight them on an equal footing. Yes, I'm sure the congress critters from my state have that thought every morning. Not. |
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