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Eugene

(61,900 posts) Sat Mar 9, 2019, 02:48 AM Mar 2019

Elizabeth Warren takes on Amazon at Long Island City campaign event

Source: The Verge

Elizabeth Warren takes on Amazon at Long Island City campaign event

‘That is the problem in America today. We have these giant tech companies that think they rule the earth.’

By Makena Kelly Mar 8, 2019, 8:37pm EST

Friday morning, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) vowed that, if elected president in 2020, she would break up tech behemoths like Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Only a few hours later, she arrived in Long Island City in New York City to pitch her proposal to a community that recently felt threatened by one of those companies.

“Hello, Long Island City,” Warren shouted to the crowd. “I understand that you’ve had a visitor.”

“Amazon came. Amazon left,” she continued. “That is the problem in America today. We have these giant tech companies that think they rule the earth.”

Over 1,000 people weathered the cold to hear Warren’s proposal. She came out swinging at Amazon, and the crowd hollered and applauded as she called out the company for acting anti-competitively.

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Elizabeth Warren takes on Amazon at Long Island City campaign event (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2019 OP

Its all well and good to proclaim you are going to breakup a company but you need a logic behind it cstanleytech Mar 2019 #1

The next president won't need a new law Eric J in MN Mar 2019 #2

cstanleytech

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1. Its all well and good to proclaim you are going to breakup a company but you need a logic behind it

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 9, 2019, 06:04 AM

Mar 2019

to get both Congress and the Courts to support it and to be honest I just do not see being popular by the public (who is free to shop elsewhere as there is plenty of robust competition still) being enough to break up Amazon.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Eric J in MN

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2. The next president won't need a new law

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 9, 2019, 06:33 AM

Mar 2019

...to break up Amazon. There are already anti-trust laws. An administration just needs to apply them.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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