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Antitrust Laws are Criminal
Dear Editor,
Re: "Headed For Battle" -- by Michael Krantz -- May 25 -- Time Magazine
The real criminals in the assault on Microsoft are the antitrust laws. They are vague,
elastic and contradictory, thereby handing government the omnipotent power to persecute
successful companies for being successful. They are a perfect vehicle for envious
mediocrities and political power lusters to attack success.
If Microsoft cannot integrate its Internet browser with its Windows operating system
and offer them together as an all-or-none condition of sale, Microsoft's shareholders
essentially have no property rights. And if they don't, then by what right does anyone
have to Microsoft's property, or their own property? According to the Declaration
of Independence, each American has the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness." It doesn't say they have a duty to sacrifice themselves to consumers
or competitors.
Any country that regards Microsoft-- a creative, productive and beneficent enterprise
-- as its enemy, while regarding a gang of gun-wielding bureaucrats -- who attack
the good for being good -- as its savior, is a country that is morally sick and headed
for hell. Wake up America!
Sincerely,
Glenn Woiceshyn
© 1998 Glenn Woiceshyn.
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