Trump takes on Amazon (Actually takes on Jeff Bezos and Washington Post)

politico.com ^ | 05/13/16 08:24 AM EDT | BEN WHITE

[Trumpinator]

I will take Adam Smith over some rube from Austria.

[Awgie]

Trump is correct! Too much power has been consolidated in the hands of social justice minded high tech billionaires! Teddy R. Did the right thing by breaking up monopolies that were so strong an wealthy they could manipulate the Federal government. It is about balance. I am proud of Trump. He is going it alone. I resent arm chair quarterbacks who couldn't carry Trumps jock strap nit picking when he is one guy alone doing battle.

[Trumpinator]

Adam Smith in his own words against monopolies/trusts:

The interest of the dealers [referring to stock owners, manufacturers, and merchants], however, in any particular branch of trade or manufacture, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public. To widen the market and to narrow the competition, is always the interest of the dealers. To widen the market may frequently be agreeable enough to the interest of the public; but to narrow the competition must always be against it, and can serve only to enable the dealers, by raising their profits above what they naturally would be, to levy, for their own benefit, and absurd tax upon the rest of their fellow-citizens. (Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1991), pages 219-220)

Notice he called monopolies an "absurd tax upon the rest of their fellow-citizens".

[amihow]

Where is our argument then? Trust busting is a necessaey tool at times. Yes?

[Trumpinator]

Argument was with freeper maceman - and not an argument but a discussion.

[M Kehoe]

Bezos will hide behind the First amendment while attacking Trump, but then donate millions to Hillary that wants to take away your Second amendment rights.

If the Second amendment goes, we are no longer citizens, but subjects.

5.56mm

[CatQuilt]

Agreed! Thank you.

[georgiarat]

I believe excessive mergers of corporations and banks has led to “too big to fail” entities and ones that control way too much of our lives.

Yes, I oppose such entities. I also oppose international,monopolies and multinational corporations that are behind the one world government with those entities pulling the strings behind the scenes.

[Vigilanteman]

Pretty close to unleashing a dose of Clayton or Sherman on them.

[njc4]

Wow,Awgie!!!! I LOVE your thinking here and on your home page. I am honored to read what you write. And yes,I’m proud of DJT.too!

[over3Owithabrain]

He didn’t say anything like that. Your belief is the “subtle suggestion”

[amihow]

Lol. Is argument a forbidden, bad word?

[bgill]

Can’t wait for November. Trump will expose so many of these.

[denydenydeny]

There are thousands of Americans who make their livings as independent sellers on Amazon. When Trump threatens to “go after” Amazon, the ones who suffer will be us little guys. Just like every other Trump venture.

[Tau Food]

“I just heard, they’re taking these really bad stories, I mean they’re wrong, I wouldn’t even say bad, they’re wrong and in many cases they have no proper information and they’re putting them together, they’re slopping them together and they’re going to do a book and the book is going to be all false stuff up because the stories are so wrong and the reporters, I mean one after another. So what they’re doing is — he’s using that as a political instrument to try and stop antitrust”

The stories probably aren't bad, they're wrong. And, the book they are making is going to be full of the wrong stories so it will be wrong, too, all to stop antitrust.

[SunLakesJeff]

Just like every other Trump venture.

Lost me there, Dude. Craigslist?

[SunLakesJeff]

“I just heard, they’re taking these really bad stories, I mean they’re wrong, I wouldn’t even say bad, they’re wrong and in many cases they have no proper information and they’re putting them together, they’re slopping them together and they’re going to do a book and the book is going to be all false stuff up because the stories are so wrong and the reporters, I mean one after another. So what they’re doing is — he’s using that as a political instrument to try and stop antitrust”

STFU, Donnie
/Lebowski

[Trumpinator]

Can I buy the world’s smallest violin on Amazon so I can play it for you?

[genxer]

Just because people choose amazon doesn’t make amazon a monopoly

ATT pre split was a monopoly because there was no other choose.

Google anything you would buy on amazon, you can buy it someplace else. Not a monopoly.

Also, why bring up taxing amazon. Are you saying that we need tax on the internet?
How many e-commerce businesses will be shut down.

But threatening any business with the force of the US Government just because you personally don’t like something is tyranny, no matter how you cut it.

If you was to boycott Amazon, have at it, but let the free market decide. I read stuff like this an I am really worried. I like trump initially but things like this give me great pause.