But the Justice Department people did not object to antitrust in principle. So while they abstained from interfering with mergers and other activity that previously would have summoned the government's wrath, they did not seek repeal of the government's authority to prosecute companies for peaceful activity. The Hydra was sedated, not slain. When the Clinton team replaced the Reagan team, the Hydra awoke. Ask Bill Gates.
Agriculture is another example of reforming the Hydra.
A couple of years ago congressional Republicans boasted that they had put the appalling system of farm subsidies on a seven-year track to oblivion. They sappily called their bill the Freedom to Farm Act. Farm subsidies were nearly doubled. The head grew back. It has our heads in a noose.