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8 November 1999
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. PAUL) is recognized for 5 minutes. 1999 Ron Paul 114:1 Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, by now, the Microsoft antitrust case should have caught every Member’s attention. This is a good time for Congress to reassess the antitrust laws. 1999 Ron Paul 114:2 Under current law, collusion, negotiations, or even discussions about markets may be enough to find someone guilty of breaking these laws. Prices in one industry that are too high, too low, or all the same are suspect and could be used as evidence of monopoly practices. 1999 Ron Paul 114:3 We must remember bigness in a free market is only achieved by the vote of consumers, supporting a company that gives them a good product at a low price. 1999 Ron Paul 114:4 It is an economic truism that the only true monopoly is government protected, such as the Post Office or a public utility. There is nothing more annoying than a government bureaucrat or Federal judge gleefully condemning a productive enterprising capitalist for doing a good job. These little men filled with envy are capable of producing nothing and are motivated by their own inadequacies and desires to wield authority against men of talent. 1999 Ron Paul 114:5 In a free market, the consumer is king, not the businessman. The regulators hate both and relish their role of making sure the market is fair according to their biased standards. 1999 Ron Paul 114:6 Antitrust suits are rarely, if ever, pursued by consumers. It is always a little disgruntled competitor, a bureaucrat who needs to justify his own existence. 1999 Ron Paul 114:7 Judge Jackson condemned Microsoft for being a “vigorous protector of its own 1999 Ron Paul 114:8 Blind to the fact that there is no conflict between the 1999 Ron Paul 114:9 Only blind resentment drives the economic planners and condemns business success, good products, low prices, and consumer satisfaction while undermining the system that has provided so much for so many. 1999 Ron Paul 114:10 Many big companies have achieved success with government subsidies, contracts, and special interest legislation. This type of bigness must be distinguished from bigness achieved in a free market by providing consumer satisfaction. 1999 Ron Paul 114:11 To help rectify the situation, Congress should first stop all assistance to business, no more corporate welfare, no bailouts like we saw to Lockheed, Chrysler, 1999 Ron Paul 114:12 Second, we ought to repeal the archaic and 1999 Ron Paul 114:13 Next, we should crown the consumers king and let them vote with their money on who should succeed and who should fail. 1999 Ron Paul 114:14 We should then suppress the envy which drives the anticapitalist mentality. 1999 Ron Paul 114:15 The Bill Gateses of the world can only invest their money in |