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Re:Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American ... by mrkramer on Friday July 09, 2021 @04:13PM (#27788011)
>The economy is booming under President Biden’s leadership.

I mean I'm not into politics but this kind of self promotion is ridiculous.

>Lower prescription drug prices by supporting state and tribal programs that will import safe and cheaper drugs from Canada.

When I hear Canada and their health system/indsutry I always recall this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJOO9I9kvwo

>Calls on the leading antitrust agencies, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to enforce the antitrust laws vigorously and recognizes that the law allows them to challenge prior bad mergers that past Administrations did not previously challenge.

>Big Tech platforms purchasing would-be competitors: Over the past ten years, the largest tech platforms have acquired hundreds of companies—including alleged “killer acquisitions” meant to shut down a potential competitive threat. Too often, federal agencies have not blocked, conditioned, or, in some cases, meaningfully examined these acquisitions.

Obama was in the office from 2009 to 2017. Facebook's Instagram and Whatapp acquisitions happened in that period so go ask Obama and FTC at the time why this acquisitions were allowed.

Re:Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American ... by puppable on Friday July 09, 2021 @04:53PM (#27788371)
I mean, "Obama was in the office from 2009 to 2017" doesn't exactly feel like as much of a slick gotcha when the language also explicitly includes the timeframe of his presidency and refers to "administrations" in the plural
Re:Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American ... by mrkramer on Friday July 09, 2021 @05:07PM (#27788521)
>Over the past ten years, the largest tech platforms have acquired hundreds of companies

Obama was two times in the office in the last 10 years and Trump once. Why Democrats didn't urge Obama and FTC to stop "harmful" acquisitions in the 8 years time of Obama's presidency?

Re:Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American ... by jzoch on Friday July 09, 2021 @07:56PM (#27789794)
Do you really think there wasnt a single person identifying as a Democrat who opposed acquisitions? Not everything is black and white - voting for Obama does not force you to agree with EVERYTHING he did.