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Re:PG: “Any industry that still has unions has potential ene... by jdminhbg on Sunday November 08, 2015 @07:16PM (#10530698)
> Why would I give the customers a better deal when I could just take that money for myself?

Barring a monopoly situation, this isn't a choice you get to make.

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Re:PG: “Any industry that still has unions has potential ene... by EliRivers on Monday November 09, 2015 @06:08AM (#10532345)
I wish I lived in this bizarre world of yours in which economics is a kind of frictionless, perfect implementation of a primary school level of economics. Sadly, I live in a world in which companies that do not have monopolies nonetheless don't make zero profit. Put down your happy-clappy-valley economic religion and look out of the window.
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