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Re:Obama to Name Tom Wheeler, a Former Lobbyist, to Head FCC by icelancer on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @01:52AM (#5636669)
How did the regulated market prevent it from blowing up?
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Re:Obama to Name Tom Wheeler, a Former Lobbyist, to Head FCC by dredmorbius on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @03:10AM (#5636864)
If you've been paying any attention at all to the West, TX, story, you'd be aware that the regulators were largely defundend and eviscerated by anti-regulation interests.

Gov. Perry got a little steamed when his "Business is Booming" campaign was highlighted:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/perry-disgusted-by-ca...

Edit: better story link to cartoon.

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Re:Obama to Name Tom Wheeler, a Former Lobbyist, to Head FCC by pyre on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @02:58AM (#5636835)
How did a law against murder prevent murders from happening?
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