I see mention to a Google one as well. What about others like Amazon?
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Re: 47 Attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigation
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Attorney's General Offices are government institutions their budgets and their salaries are set by the legislatures. They don't get bigger budgets and employ more attorneys because they are investigating Facebook. Its the same as any DA/state attorney office, they don't get more money or hire more attorney's because they file more criminal charges. If anything the government attorneys are hurting themselves profe…
> They don't get bigger budgets and employ more attorneys because they are investigating Facebook. That seems a bit naive though; of course investigating Facebook is a demonstration of the wielding of power. If they can investigate and punish Facebook, their power and importance grows. > If anything the government attorneys are hurting themselves professionally ... Not if we consider their profession to be more of wh…
Of course they can investigate Facebook. That is literally their job. Their power isn't growing they are just using the power they already have.
Are you saying Facebook should be above the law and not answerable to any government?
Re: 47 Attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigation
#23Consider, though, that antitrust investigations generate employment for attorneys. "47 plumbing company bosses now support complete inspection of all NY city pipes ..."
Ah yes, it's all a grift :eyeroll:
Re: 47 Attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigation
#24I see mention to a Google one as well. What about others like Amazon?
Amazon provides cloud services to the government now; and Bezos owns the Washington Post. Plus, and perhaps more importantly, the Democrats did not try to pin "Russiagate" allegations on Amazon. Now, Trump kind of dislikes him IIRC, but still - the political climate does not seem favorable to going after Amazon that way.
Re: 47 Attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigation
#25Consider, though, that antitrust investigations generate employment for attorneys. "47 plumbing company bosses now support complete inspection of all NY city pipes ..."
Every government prosecution office Ive ever worked with is overwhelmed and doing everything they can to reduce their case load. If they want an anti-trust investigation I'm confident it's not because they are looking for work.