Quote Originally Posted by maks View Post
Passing a law that requires 311 million people to purchase your product isn't a gift? Also, if you believe that government oversight and regulation leads to more competition you haven't been paying attention, government regulations are why every community has only one cable company to choose from.
That's a different kind of government regulation designed to prevent national monopolies from forming. The only communities I know of that have one cable company are tiny rural communities, and in that instance, it's only because the companies don't want to spend the money to expand their services to a market that would take a very long time to produce a Return on Investment. I don't think ti really compares to insurance agencies.