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In reply to the discussion: It's the monopolization of America. [View all]FoxNewsSucks
(11,351 posts)Don't like the price hikes at Olive Garden? They don't give a shit if you go across the street, the same capital fund group owns that On The Border or whatever other chain is there too.
Don't like the lousy customer service and high prices at Kroger-owned stores? Nowhere else to go but Walmart which is equally shitty.
Room rate too high at that Holiday Inn? Too bad, nearly all corporate chain hotels with various names are owned by a small number of owning entities. You might think you are sticking it to them by going next door to save $3, but they don't care as they own that hotel too and its prices are also too high.
Every single industry has been taken over by a handful of owners, and in some cases actual monopoly.
They generally operate acquired groups under the previous name. Many intersections have three "different" gas stations, yet there is no real choice because they are all owned by the same company.
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