Deep in the 2025 defense spending bill is wording that would make it easier for the military-industrial complex to price gouge the federal government, and price gouge taxpayers.
When the consumer industry colludes to set prices it’s called, let’s see, price fixing. I believe it’s usually prosecuted under antitrust laws and is considered illegal restraint of trade. I recall when Amazon, Barnes and Noble and others did it over ebook prices, I ended up with a nice book credit as part of the class action suit filed as a result of it coming to light. How is this not the same thing? And where can I go buy my own Super Hercules military transport plane. You never know when I might need one of those in my daily life…
When the consumer industry colludes to set prices it’s called, let’s see, price fixing. I believe it’s usually prosecuted under antitrust laws and is considered illegal restraint of trade. I recall when Amazon, Barnes and Noble and others did it over ebook prices, I ended up with a nice book credit as part of the class action suit filed as a result of it coming to light. How is this not the same thing? And where can I go buy my own Super Hercules military transport plane. You never know when I might need one of those in my daily life…