Patricia wrote:
I've never thought of myself as a leftist or even a liberal,
You may be in the minority on that view of yourself.
(Forgive me, couldn't resist.)
Corporate dictators are still dictators. And highway robbery is highway
robbery.
That's a lethal equivocation. See my article, "The Dollar and the Gun"
(arguing the two are fundamentally different!) in _The Abolition of
Antitrust_, Transaction Publishers: 2005.
Your point that Verizon is a "virtual monopoly" has merit--the Baby Bells
all are virtual monopolies in providing local service--because the
government prevents (or licenses strictly) competitors.
Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx