On 03/03/2013 3:33 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 3/3/13 8:17 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>> Those who like Bud might enjoy the full page ad in today's Washington
>> Post where Anheuser-Busch touts the "71 million" cans of water they
>> have donated to the Red Cross. There is a picture of a can marked "Pure
>> drinking water" and "Anheuser-Busch". Could they not just as well have
>> sent their normal product?
>
> I love people who make fun of Anheuser-Busch and then go back to
> drinking their beloved Corona, Stella Artois, Beck's, Brahma, Alexander
> Keith's, Leffe, Hoegaarden, Spaten, Hasseröder, Löwenbräu, Skol,
> Quilmes, Harbin, Cass, Jupiler and Presidente -- all of which are owned
> by Anheuser-Busch Inbev. 8
>


Welcome to the world of "free enterprise", the system where competition
is supposed to increase efficiency and reduce prices. It is the system
touted by the right as "capitalism" . As we see from your example, the
truth is that there isn't that much competition because the big guys are
buying up all the competition and either shitting them down or
pretending to compete against each other.