See, Free Markets bring lower prices

Filed in National by on March 21, 2008

The two largest cellphone service providers — Verizon Wireless and AT&T — won a greater swath of radio spectrum in the government auction that ended this week, heading off new competition that could have led to lower prices for consumers.

Pretty sweet huh? I love our brand of capitalism. Aren’t these the same guys that when asked to break the law, did so?

And shockingly the government had the bidding done in secret. Wonders never cease…

The auction raised $19.12 billion for the Treasury after more than seven weeks of secret bidding

More money to kill the brownies in Iraq! heeeehaaaawwww!

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  1. Brian says:

    Next is a for sale sign on the national capital….

  2. G Rex says:

    Just a reminder, the next auction of public airwaves comes after Feb 19, 2009, when they shut off the free analog TV signal to the 20 million Americans who still don’t have cable.

  3. Andy says:

    Next is a for sale sign on the national capital….

    nope naming rights on all Federal buildings

  4. A. Bundy says:

    Do you guys all date one another?

  5. donviti says:

    now that was funny bundy

  6. Brian says:

    You are forgetting that what you are dealing with is not a free market in any sense of the word but a mercantilistic market. Big difference.