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Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger
Hitting the front page for the first time, AngryDeuce writes with a piece of exciting news hot off the news wire. From the article: "The Justice Department is blocking AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, saying the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T would reduce competition and raise prices. The deal has faced tough opposition from consumer groups and No. 3 carrier Sprint since it was announced in March."
The DOJ has released a full statement on their decision to file the antitrust suit, and AT&T has drafted a response. So much for AT&T's paltry promise of bringing 5000 unskilled call center jobs back to the U.S. if the merger were approved. Competition may yet live!
The government is not coming for me, as far as I can tell, and if it did I would defend myself in court.
Your statement is laughable.
The average respectable middle class male commits something like two or three federal felonies a day, each punishable by several years of imprisonment, and the federal government keeps piling on more and more every year.
Upon being caught and indicted, you will take a plea deal, regardless of whether or not you knew you were breaking the "law" (only about one percent of federal criminal cases go to a jury), because if you don't, you will be handed down an even longer sentence. Conviction rate is over 90 percent, after which you get to be deprived of several of your rights, being a convicted felon.