In a slight departure from the norm, the article’s title suits the article but the subheader is superfluous and unsupported. What on earth does pursuing advanced degrees have to do with railroad antitrust laws? The only color that this blurb adds to the article is the ugliest sort of “yellow”.
The subheader’s premise is wholly betrayed by the article’s final conclusion:
In doing so, the Court cited a Rule of Reason it first articulated in 1899—that large size and monopoly in themselves are not necessarily evil.
So yes, certain trust-like behavior can be worthy of “regulatory and judicial punishment”, because that’s exactly what the public policy demands. Does it depend on a lot of things? Of course! Most things do!
I bemoan articles that lean into an assumption that something is cut-and-dry, because that’s almost never the case, but here, whichever editor wrote that subheader did the author dirty. Because the article body is mostly fine, let down by bad editorship.
This may be literally life of death for some affected persons. A lot of folks in Alaska could die if deprived of a public option for transportation of goods they rely on for survival.
If a private railway is a good capitalist idea, let’s let the magic hand of capitalism provide a new separate private line.
Maintaining a public option is common sense economics. The market can add more options, if there’s actually real value being missed, but the rest of us can still vote against it with our time and energy when it tries to enshitify.
For reference, the letter written to the Governor of California is to invoke the provisions of Government Code 3612, which if used would cause an automatic 1 week cooling-off period so a Board of Investigation can convene and gather facts for the Governor. At that point, if the Governor concludes from those facts that significant transit disruption would occur, or there is a risk to public safety or welfare, the cooling off period can be extended by court order up to 60 days.
This proviso in law appears to have been added in 2012, as a trailer bill off the end of that year’s Budget, that reorganized some parts of the state government.
I live in San Diego and follow the local public transportation scene and this is the first I’ve heard of these new cars. It’s not even featured on their news page! gonctd.com/about-nctd/newsroom/
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