U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) continued his battle for consumer
rights amid a proposed big-league wireless carrier merger in a Senate
hearing Wednesday.
After hearing testimony from representatives of wireless communications giants AT&T and T-Mobile regarding their pending merger, Franken expressed growing concern that the merger will hurt mobile consumers and would approach a Ma Bell-level monopoly.
For those of us old enough to remember Monopoly Wars we appreciate Franken's efforts, unfortunately it comes a little to late in the game for much of anything other then a bunch of whining and a waste of more tax dollars. The bottom line is that there is just too much on the docket for most of our Washington brothern to pay attention. It is a great cause but in the end it seems more like a last ditch effort to look good to his "supporters" despite a record of inaction and LITERALLY falling asleep on the job.
