Time to do some whittling

What we've gotten out of mega-corporations:

• Lower prices - unless you're talking about petroleum. Not that I think gas should be cheaper. Just sayin'.
• Shrinking newspapers.
• Lousy reporting.
• A whole host of mindless talking heads, spewing mindless talking points.
• The auctioning off of the formerly public airwaves to media conglomerates.
• Giant gas-hogs with rotten repair records.
• Out-of-control medical costs.
• The end of pensions. The rise of 401K plans which depend on the stock market.
• Stock market crashes, minimum of one per decade. See bullet point above.
• Failed banks.
• Sub-prime mortgages and home foreclosures.
• Endless war for the sake of a) oil, and b) defense contractor profits.
• (Crappy) blockbuster books in lieu of literature.
• Air, water, and soil pollution resulting from the burning of fossil fuels, unsustainable agri-business farming methods, and mega-tons of waste resulting from an economy based on overconsumption.
• Obesity at astronomical levels.
• Unsafe food and drugs.
• More stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting at the moment.

Aren't you glad we've loosened the regulations regarding monopolies? Isn't our world just so much better this way?