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@585W43Rfrom Texas answered…2yrs2Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

No, this is an obstruction of the free market (it lessens competition and drives up prices) and a violation of the Sherm…

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How is this a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act? I think you're confused about mega-mergers and the Sherman Antitr…

@5P39V6Yfrom Virginia answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Success is success. This is America the land of opportunity so if someone does really well for themselves then great! Th…

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@5PS3CTYfrom Montana answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

End of lobbying confirmed, then legislation should be removed that benefits the larger established corporations and stif…

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@5P54YPWfrom Maine answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Just nationalize them.

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@8JCJLWV from Texas answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Yes, this should be considered carefully because monopoly power is important in a democracy, and "natural monopolies" ap…

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@5NNHLMTfrom Florida answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

No, Monopolies are a result of government intervention

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@5PGCZ8Kfrom California answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Having a large share of the market is fine as long as the buisness in control is being conducted ethically and does not…

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@5PDC4WBfrom Texas answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

this is a trick question; we already have sufficient anti-trust laws in place to prevent monopolies; the media blitz is…

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@5NN4KJRfrom Arizona answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

the government is the result of the mega merger. Fascism is when the government and business crawl in bed together. We…

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@5LK9Q59from Kansas answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

No, but measures should put in place to prevent monopolizing

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@5PZJTQ5from Indiana answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Yes, except healthcare

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@5NN9JHXfrom Massachusetts answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

The government should consider the impact, rather than having a hard and fast rule.

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@9FGCG26 from Virginia answered…8mos8MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

No, but they should be increasingly taxed so smaller companies can compete

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While I understand your point about levying higher taxes on larger corporations to level the playing field, it's importa…

@8HTTQMX from California answered…4yrs4Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Yes, if the merged corporation would have more than 25% of the market share, and the government should break up existing…

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@99MFTPG from Washington answered…1yr1Y

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Yes, but the government should nationalize megacorporations instead

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@9MDD3XT from Texas answered…1wk1W

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Not initially, but it should be tightly regulated and highly taxed and broken up at a certain point (30-50%?)

@9LTS5NL from Massachusetts answered…3wks3W

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

No, but if it does become a monopoly, then break it up. Not too much though, so as to not upset the economy beyond repai…

@9LCPJSN from New York answered…1mo1MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

I don't love the idea of "mega mergers". Allowing big companies to merge and monopolize the market puts the rich at an e…

@9L39XL3 from New York answered…2mos2MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

If a free market were in place, and more competition were in place, then “mega merge” type monopolies would become less…

@9KSS2TY from New York answered…2mos2MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

A mega-merge would instill that the corporation would have more assets under control. In order to mitigate the issue of…

@9KG9KSMfrom Montana answered…3mos3MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

We need to be doing more to support small businesses. Big corporations buying out all the competition is unethical. We…

@9KD4JS6 from California answered…3mos3MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Yes, if the merged corporation would have more than a certain percentage of market share dependent on it's industry.

@9K4MVZF from Washington answered…3mos3MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

Any mega merger should be considered dangerous, because without competition, there's going to be inflation. I think it w…

@9JBZ3CC from Virginia answered…4mos4MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

I'm against mega-corporations and the government as well, so anything that would decrease power and control from both wo…

@9GVR7DW from GU answered…4mos4MO

Should the government prevent “mega mergers” of …

No, as long as they give compensation to their workers and don't make them work at starvation wages. Exploitative corpor…

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