Quote Originally Posted by se7en
While I agree with your points on government being too big and controlling, since when is it a crime for a corporation to be profitable? (Exxon Mobil, Halliburton) That's the beauty of capitalism, when the consumer has had enough of an overpowering company, he is free in America to solve the issue by competition. A good example of this is UPS and FedEx and their package tracking system - since when has the USPS been as efficient as either of those companies?

-jonathan
It is hardly an open market when OPEC has a monopoly on the Oil industry and the oil producing countries act as cartel. That is not free enterprise, that is having the American people at your mercy.

Real competition would be alternative energy sources, I'm sure the oil industry would get its act together then. FedEx and UPS compete not collude, Oil companies collude to fix prices. Don't believe me, google Cartel and OPEC.