Op-ed: Censorship and higher taxes won’t create more Apples, Amazons, Facebooks and Googles

CNBC July 30, 2020
Clete Willems

Key Points

– The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held an antitrust hearing with the CEOs of four of the largest U.S. technology companies – Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.

– As policymakers on the Right and Left increasingly proclaim the importance of out-innovating China in critical technologies, their comments during yesterday’s hearing raise an important question – which companies will they actually let play that role?

– Rather than tear down our most innovative and most American of companies, let’s build them up – and others like them – to stay ahead of China.

The House Judiciary Committee held an antitrust hearing on Wednesday with the CEOs of four of the largest U.S. technology companies – Amazon, Apple,...

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