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maynard (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:49 PM Original message |
Reagan broke up the airline monopoly |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. and those larger companies have done so well since! |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Air traffic controllers |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. True they were government employees but what he did |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Raygun broke up Ma Bell, yes. |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Ma Bell was begging to be broken up... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. My dad worked in management for Ma Bell |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. What you're thinking of is deregulation - which isn't the same thing. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Exactly! |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Reagan and his motley crew is to be known as the |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Jimmy Carter signed the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, the Airline Deregulation Act was the Carter admin. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You're right - and I agree. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Breakup of Bell stems from 1974 Dept. of Justice lawsuit... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. no. he broke the air traffic controllers union |
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PhD (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Actually airline deregulation happened under Carter |
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