Last Updated: July 28, 2026
The 21st Century Antitrust and Competition Act
When companies get too big, competition dies. Innovation dies. Small businesses get crushed. Prices rise. It’s time to restore competitive markets and break up the monopolies.
The key distinction: There’s a difference between an earned monopoly — a company that’s dominant because it built something better — and an extractive monopoly that stays on top by rigging the rules, buying up rivals, and capturing regulators. We don’t punish success. We target the conduct that locks competitors out and keeps the next great innovation from ever getting a chance.
What it includes:
- Presumption that mergers increasing concentration are anticompetitive
- Breakup authority for existing monopolies abusing market power
- Ban on anti-competitive practices (exclusive dealing, predatory pricing, vertical restraints)
- Triple funding for DOJ Antitrust Division and FTC
- Tech platform regulation (data portability, interoperability)
Target industries for enforcement:
- Big Tech (Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple)
- Pharmaceuticals (insulin makers, PBMs)
- Health insurance consolidation
- Meatpacking (4 companies control 85% of beef)
- Agriculture (Monsanto/Bayer seed monopoly)