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JustAnotherGen

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9. It would fall flat in the NJ 7th

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Nov 19, 2025, 03:21 PM

Nov 19

People here are mad about:

Threats to ACA Subsidies
The SALT Cap lift was not put back where it was
Our money being given to people who look down on us and then misused
Threats to our commute times
Energy Costs

Also - Many work in big Pharma. So that point isn't going to move them.

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Robert Reich should be making ALL Democrats use this stuff for their campaigns. It's sickening...... [View all] a kennedy Nov 19 OP

If we had listened to Bernie Sanders we wouldn't be in this mess. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 19 #1

CVS and Walgreens dominate pharmacy. Supermarkets consolidating more and more BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 19 #2

They tried to merge Kroger and Albertsons. Fell apart for now. Ritabert Nov 19 #5

Corporate monopolys! Should be illegal sunflowerseed Nov 19 #3

They are, when you have a DoJ that cares about enforcing the Sherman Act. Ocelot II Nov 19 #6

Also takes judges not from the class who own or hope to own lots of stock IbogaProject Nov 21 #36

I thought they were .... Mossfern Nov 19 #20

And, You Were Correct ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #22

I think it would be more wise Greg_In_SF Nov 19 #4

Right, "everything is so expensive" is the concern AND IF THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT Robert a kennedy Nov 19 #7

Not included, granted, but not unrelated, either. DFW Nov 19 #12

This does address what is at the top of voters' list ... the economy. KPN Nov 19 #13

This consolidation also harms job mobility IbogaProject Nov 21 #37

Does sorta contradict that whole "we love competion, it's good for the market" nonsense these ceos keep spouting, mwmisses4289 Nov 19 #8

If you have two companies in a given business... WestMichRad Nov 19 #10

It Does, Indeed ProfessorGAC Nov 19 #23

It would fall flat in the NJ 7th JustAnotherGen Nov 19 #9

We're well on our way to Vonnegut's RAMJAC corporation that owned just about everything in America. TheRickles Nov 19 #11

Or Robert Ludlum's Matarese Circle. DFW Nov 19 #14

A thoroughly engrossing pot boiler from the comradebillyboy Nov 20 #33

Either that or BNL from WALL-E that did seem to own everything including the government. state of stupid Nov 19 #17

That is what you call Monopolies Farmer-Rick Nov 19 #15

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Puppyjive Nov 19 #16

We're well past the dimensions of the Gilded Age Dave says Nov 20 #35

Orwell had it right in 1984 popsdenver Nov 19 #18

fascism is the appropriation of... ret5hd Nov 20 #25

and AMAZON is not a monopoly........ pansypoo53219 Nov 19 #19

If we had listened to those that wanted to be much tougher on... S/V Loner Nov 19 #21

It would be effective... eventually BaronChocula Nov 19 #24

Trump and allies are going to move heaven and earth NCDem47 Nov 20 #26

Can anyone think of a corporate merger/takeover that resulted in better service and value for the customer? Midnight Writer Nov 20 #27

And then declared bankruptcy after stealing all the assets. SharonAnn Nov 20 #30

And the magnitude of their evil... GiqueCee Nov 20 #28

ENFORCE THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT! Clouds Passing Nov 20 #29

Same monopolists who own all that own Washington DC. Kid Berwyn Nov 20 #31

Don't see how Reich can compel any Dem to use his numbers in a campaign... Wounded Bear Nov 20 #32

I have Beowulf42 Nov 20 #34