Oil industry ≠ competition

[toastedbread01]

This BP accident is being used as an affront against capitalism. The oil industry is an Oligopoly. An example of a fairly competitive market would be the T-shirt market.

[Carseller4]

Bill O'Reilly would be proud!

[Sunde91]

Yes, the state is the primary reason these corporations are created and sustained in the first place.

The state creates barriers to entry and reduces competition through: enforcing absurd regulations, enforcing copyright/patents, forcing business owners to have all these licenses (even for a menial profession like cosmetology), taxing, making it difficult to acquire rescources, etc, etc. The state also gives into corporate lobbyists and sides in their favor in law suits, sells them land, makes it particularly difficult for other businesses in the market, turns a blind eye to violations to their own regulations while enforcing them for other businesses, etc.

[maersksealand]

Yes, the state is the primary reason these corporations are created and sustained in the first place.

The state creates barriers to entry and reduces competition through: enforcing absurd regulations, enforcing copyright/patents, forcing business owners to have all these licenses (even for a menial profession like cosmetology), taxes, etc, etc. The state also gives into corporate lobbyists and sides in their favor in law suits, sells them land, makes it particularly difficult for other businesses in the market, etc.

...and the big corporations get tax and regulations exemptions...and when all this fails, they get a bailout.

[toastedbread01]

Yes, the state is the primary reason these corporations are created and sustained in the first place.

The state creates barriers to entry and reduces competition through: enforcing absurd regulations, enforcing copyright/patents, forcing business owners to have all these licenses (even for a menial profession like cosmetology), taxing, making it difficult to acquire rescources, etc, etc. The state also gives into corporate lobbyists and sides in their favor in law suits, sells them land, makes it particularly difficult for other businesses in the market, turns a blind eye to violations to their own regulations while enforcing them for other businesses, etc.

I think licensing is mainly done to increase union membership. I do agree with the gist of your post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craft_union

[Sunde91]

I think licensing is mainly done to increase union membership. I do agree with the gist of your post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craft_union

? They are positive facts. And why make a thread that is seemingly pro-capitalist and then NOT agree with the facts that hinder capitalism? /clueless

[toastedbread01]

? They are positive facts. And why make a thread that is seemingly pro-capitalist and then NOT agree with the facts that hinder capitalism? /clueless

What are you writing about? I said that I agreed with the gist of your post.

[Sunde91]

Thought you said didn't. Tired, /clueless