Today, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against himself and fifteen Federal Departments for anti-trust violations. Defendants named include:
U.s. Department of Education–to strangle innovation with bureaucracy that No Child Left Behind law.
U.S. Department of energy-for a crippling competition by subsidizing boondoggles of Synfuels to Solyndra.
U.s. Department of agriculture-to increase the cost of food by subsidizing big agribusiness …
Okay, I made up. Also, it may be that the merger of ATT-T-Mobile will hurt consumers. But I doubt it. As historian Robert Higgs says, Government anti-trust regulations “giant fraud in the community, driven by companies seeking protection from competition, bureaucrats and lawyers who built Empires, and politicians who seek public credit (inappropriate) and political prize. The community is suffering in every step. “