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itb20653 karma

I've been reading all of these comments in my head Bernard style disjointed full of questions and mildly drunken.

itb20623 karma

What are 3 moves the federal government in coordination with states could make that massively improves the situation?

itb20620 karma

Amazon is not an online retailer monopoly. They have around 30% of the market. There are a multitude of competing companies. Attack Amazon sure, but be accurate about it otherwise you're doing your cause a disservice.

"Despite its explosive growth, Amazon falls short of meeting the US Department of Justice‘s monopoly threshold, defined as a market share of greater than 50 percent. By next year, Amazon says it will have around four percent of all retail sales in the US, and just one percent of the $25bn global market. So its share of the e-commerce market in the US is 37.7 percent, according to eMarketer. But online represents only 10 percent of the entire US retail market – with 90 percent still brick-and-mortar stores."

itb20616 karma

My guy, it doesn't matter, that's not a legal qualification.

itb20612 karma

Great response thank you for taking the time to reply. As a software engineer I wonder if there is some way I could contribute part of my time to help with that third bullet point.