"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>
That's the system in a nutshell - aim for a monopoly whilst maintaining
competition among your suppliers.
Graham