Standard Oil?https://twitter.com/DanielTurnerPTF/status/2093342850591392045?s=20
This could go bad.
Why would you think more competition, breaking up pretty much monopolies, and lowering food prices is a bad thing for consumers?
@bradstevens this is your friendly reminder that monopolies don't exist in free markets. Only governments can cause a monopoly.
Next executive order - the President decrees that Canada Geese are to be called Donald Ducks from now on.
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2093714077533004238
Next executive order - the President decrees that Canada Geese are to be called Donald Ducks from now on.
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2093714077533004238
The President and your community college twitter twit are a bit slow.
Consumers should expect their food is from a clean facility and is safe. Bypassing USDA regulations and inspections isn't going to help. I'm sure the lawyers will love it, though. What's a bad case of food poisoning worth, I wonder.
Like the recent lettuce issues?
People can buy from wherever they'd like and aren't being forced to buy from anyone. If somebody sells garbage that makes people sick, then they're not going to be selling garbage very long. Let the market sort it out.
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Consumers should expect their food is from a clean facility and is safe. Bypassing USDA regulations and inspections isn't going to help. I'm sure the lawyers will love it, though. What's a bad case of food poisoning worth, I wonder.
Like the recent lettuce issues?
People can buy from wherever they'd like and aren't being forced to buy from anyone. If somebody sells garbage that makes people sick, then they're not going to be selling garbage very long. Let the market sort it out.
I'm not against free market solutions, but "Let 'em get sick" seems a bit harsh.
Pentagon Pete, the least qualified SecDef in my lifetime, cannot be removed from his office soon enough.
Hegseth blocks promotions of 4 Army officers with ties to sacked generals
Bing is black and should be a shoe in for promotion to flag because he's an outstanding successful officer no matter his skin color, but I'd bet it won't happen under this SecDef.
Consumers should expect their food is from a clean facility and is safe. Bypassing USDA regulations and inspections isn't going to help. I'm sure the lawyers will love it, though. What's a bad case of food poisoning worth, I wonder.
Like the recent lettuce issues?
People can buy from wherever they'd like and aren't being forced to buy from anyone. If somebody sells garbage that makes people sick, then they're not going to be selling garbage very long. Let the market sort it out.
I'm not against free market solutions, but "Let 'em get sick" seems a bit harsh.
Why do you think it's let em get sick?
Honestly, the number of guys who can do their own slaughter/butcher/pack operation is really small. You'll probably see something like a marketing co-op solution pop up, where multiple producers throw in together way more often than a single producer. You'd have to be pretty big to make a run at it on your own.
Edit to clarify - It's still federal law that meat sold for human consumption must be federally inspected. He can't change that.
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan.
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Standard Oil?https://twitter.com/DanielTurnerPTF/status/2093342850591392045?s=20
This could go bad.
Why would you think more competition, breaking up pretty much monopolies, and lowering food prices is a bad thing for consumers?
@bradstevens this is your friendly reminder that monopolies don't exist in free markets. Only governments can cause a monopoly.
According Grok Standard Oil topped out at 90-95% market share in 1880s. By 1911 they were down to 65% before they were broken up.
You don't consider 90-95% marketshare a monopoly?Standard Oil?https://twitter.com/DanielTurnerPTF/status/2093342850591392045?s=20
This could go bad.
Why would you think more competition, breaking up pretty much monopolies, and lowering food prices is a bad thing for consumers?
@bradstevens this is your friendly reminder that monopolies don't exist in free markets. Only governments can cause a monopoly.
According Grok Standard Oil topped out at 90-95% market share in 1880s. By 1911 they were down to 65% before they were broken up.
@bradstevens if they would have maintained it for decades, probably. However, it didn't last because competition from the market ate into it.
@bradstevens if they would have maintained it for decades, probably. However, it didn't last because competition from the market ate into it.
People are so dumb and have no foresight.
There was a search engine named “Google”.
They had a quasi monopoly on internet search.
Google search is sucking wind right now because of Anthropic, xAI and Open Ai.
“Regulate!” Says the moron when they see a powerful company. Don’t listen to the moron.
Not sure Google is a great example because of I don’t know all the regs involved there.@bradstevens if they would have maintained it for decades, probably. However, it didn't last because competition from the market ate into it.
People are so dumb and have no foresight.
There was a search engine named “Google”.
They had a quasi monopoly on internet search.
Google search is sucking wind right now because of Anthropic, xAI and Open Ai.
“Regulate!” Says the moron when they see a powerful company. Don’t listen to the moron.
Pretty sure, though, Standard Oil developed in as close to a free market for that product as we have ever seen in this country.
But my point is: monopolies can and do occur in free markets. You and snarl seem to be arguing about what to do about it. Fair arguments, but they don’t detract from the underlying point.
me too. We try and buy as much meat as we can from local producers. We get from Costco what we can't find locally. They have a great selection of US grass fed, organic meat.Why would you think more competition, breaking up pretty much monopolies, and lowering food prices is a bad thing for consumers?
Consumers should expect their food is from a clean facility and is safe. Bypassing USDA regulations and inspections isn't going to help. I'm sure the lawyers will love it, though. What's a bad case of food poisoning worth, I wonder.
Keep eating your carcinogenic, Tyson Foods, crap.
I’ll get my ribeye 1/4 of the price from the guy who raised it a couple towns away.
We’ll see who wins.
Still, the local guys(and Costco obviously) have to adhere to FDA standards and are regularly checked by county health inspectors. Both of which Im glad for.
Lol. I honestly don't know shit about data centers. I feel like the last guy on the planet without an opinion on them. I do know though, that of the people I know, my MAGA friends have been the group most vehemently against data centers near the towns. That all changes in 3.2.1....
Lol. I honestly don't know shit about data centers. I feel like the last guy on the planet without an opinion on them. I do know though, that of the people I know, my MAGA friends have been the group most vehemently against data centers near the towns. That all changes in 3.2.1....
The usual NIMBY shit aside, there are legit concerns about a data center's impact on water and electrical resources. If those can be addressed, then have at it. Also, having local board and council member sign NDAs ahead of time is total bullshit. If nothing else, that practice needs to be outlawed, and anyone signing them should be booted from office.