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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 2:29 pm
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Originally Posted by MarqFlyer
If everyone did it at the same time, they'd have the FTC and DOJ at their doorstep the next morning asking how they just happened to do it all at once. Antitrust 101.
Unless they lobby Congress to outlaw FF programs, or to tax them, which would have the same effect.
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