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@D0N RAM0N, generally Libertarian candidates don't pull for too much deregulation, they also go pretty hard after Wall Street and big monopolies. It varies candidate to candidate though, the nice thing about it being a smaller party is anyone willing to run for that nomination is pretty honest about what they believe and will do since there isn't really a set identity for the party other than the small government notion.
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@hollow114, you are confusing two terms. Natural monopolies are a different thing from a monopoly. Natural monopolies are cases where you have massive economies of scale and decreasing marginal cost. In such instances not having a single massive firm in charge is harmful to the economy and a much less efficient outcome. Monopolies, however, as defined by US antitrust law are firms that have great market power due to disproportionately high market share which they arrived at through anti-competitive means (which were also later made illegal in their own right, with more specificity on how each anti-competitive method or tactic was defined).
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My problem with this isn't about any political party's views. It's that people get upset about a statement like this because they think it's conservative or Republican. Makes no sense. This is literally a quote that defends government intervention to help citizens in need(a very liberal view), problem is those citizens (sometimes even non-citizens; legal and illegal) don't do as well even with aid. And it can get to a point where it is not fair to successful taxpayers to support everyone else in the country at their own detriment. -Broke college student who understands life isn't fair (Rare I know!)
I mean, there's not much to say about this one.