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While reading about the FTC and the firings I was struck by this italicized comment because some of the states are one party states. So we are in trouble, we're losing protections on trade, and competition will be stifled. When Trump is gone we are going to have to go through attempting ot restore parts of the government with a hostile opposing party. I think we may see consolidation in some industries.
“This is the sort of thing that happens in a one-party state — you just stamp out the opportunity for dissent and the incentive for dissent everywhere,” Szóka added. “Now that commissioners know they can be fired at whim, what’s the incentive to go out on a limb?”...The lead in...
SNIP By firing commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Tuesday night, Trump overturned decades of precedent at a key consumer protection and competition regulator.
The agency, under leadership from both parties, has challenged several major companies, including Facebook for privacy violations, Amazon for antitrust practices and Volkswagen for false emissions claims. A major antitrust case against Meta is scheduled to go to trial in April.
“If this stands, it totally ends the Federal Trade Commission as we have known it,” said Stephen Calkins, a former FTC general counsel who teaches law at Wayne State University.
Democrats fear the firings are just the beginning for not just the FTC, but the entire constellation of independent agencies that regulate American businesses. SNIP more...
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