> Her proposal also includes a plan to pass legislation that would prohibit platform owners with more than $25 billion in revenue to participate on their platforms as well. This policy would largely affect companies like Amazon that both run a sales platform and sell their own products on the site.
Seems like this proposal is essentially just anti-trust legislation. I'm all for it. What I particularly like about it is that she's demonstrating her commitment to the citizenry, not to the Democratic party. She's not only going after coal companies or traditional (R) strongholds. She's taking on tech, a left-leaning industry, too. This is the type of bipartisanship I think we need to see in candidates and politicians.
Her policies that are on the news are breaking up Google and reducing income inequality.
Both are dubious and shouldn't be her first priorities.
I can elaborate:
1. Breaking up Google doesn't sound like the biggest problem right now. How about Comcast? How about Equifax? Those are monopolies and act in bad faith. Why is Google the top of her list?
2. Income inequality is not an important goal. I don't care if Bezos has 100 trillion dollars. I want affordable healthcare, education and a good life.
Other real monopolies that actually technically meet the definition of monopolies have needed attention for years and she decides to go after a web search engine.
wcarron|6 years ago
Seems like this proposal is essentially just anti-trust legislation. I'm all for it. What I particularly like about it is that she's demonstrating her commitment to the citizenry, not to the Democratic party. She's not only going after coal companies or traditional (R) strongholds. She's taking on tech, a left-leaning industry, too. This is the type of bipartisanship I think we need to see in candidates and politicians.
atonse|6 years ago
I fully support this move. And tech companies are going to fight her tooth and nail.
frittig|6 years ago
ergocoder|6 years ago
Both are dubious and shouldn't be her first priorities.
I can elaborate:
1. Breaking up Google doesn't sound like the biggest problem right now. How about Comcast? How about Equifax? Those are monopolies and act in bad faith. Why is Google the top of her list?
2. Income inequality is not an important goal. I don't care if Bezos has 100 trillion dollars. I want affordable healthcare, education and a good life.
It makes me feel reluctant to vote for her.
beenBoutIT|6 years ago
kerng|6 years ago
throwaway082729|6 years ago
beenBoutIT|6 years ago
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barryrandall|6 years ago
wcarron|6 years ago
In any case, care to elaborate?
kpU8efre7r|6 years ago