Axios: Sen. Josh Hawley Reveals His Trust Busting Plan

It is great that Josh Hawley is at least talking like this.

Will this go anywhere in the current Congress? Will they go along with Josh Hawley on this? I seriously doubt it. It is much more likely that Republican senators will continue to prostrate themselves at the feet of corporations and the wealthy who are supporting the Democrats now. They’ve been doing it for so long now that they don’t know what else to do.

Axios:

“Details: Hawley’s “Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act” would …

Ban mergers and acquisitions by firms with a market cap over $100 billion …

What they’re saying: “This country and this government shouldn’t be run by a few mega-corporations,” Hawley told Axios. The Republican Party “has got to become the party of trust-busting once again. You know, that’s a part of our history.” …”

I haven’t ruled out the possibility though that Corporate America could tip the scales and destroy the old ideological consensus. It might happen sooner than I expected.