Turbonics to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 7 个月前Too accuratelemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1658arrow-down118
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minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 个月前Carter deregulated a lot, including the passenger airline industry.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 个月前To be fair, the regulations at the time meant that only the richest assholes could afford to fly anywhere. The airlines were literally forbidden from competing on price. The problems started when Reagan allowed the first mergers.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 个月前I don’t know if preventing mergers would have helped. There were a lot of airlines that went bankrupt during that time.
What did Carter do?
Carter deregulated a lot, including the passenger airline industry.
To be fair, the regulations at the time meant that only the richest assholes could afford to fly anywhere. The airlines were literally forbidden from competing on price.
The problems started when Reagan allowed the first mergers.
I don’t know if preventing mergers would have helped. There were a lot of airlines that went bankrupt during that time.