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[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

why is the government beefing with mason jar companies and not multi-billionaires

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

So, at the time (1930) ball jar actually would have qualified as big business in the sense that you mean.
Home canning was very popular and they consistently bought out smaller companies.
Since they were privately owned, it's tricky to find specifics about value, but they were "found a university", "own a company town or two", "chairman of the federal reserve" levels of rich.

So actually a pretty good use of government.

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