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The bank deregulation bill that President Trump signed last week could not have come at a better time for Warren Buffet’s mobile home empire 👉 Berkshire Hathaway manufactures 52% all mobile homes in 🇺🇸, up from 13% in 2003 when he purchased the company. #antitrust 
An illusion of choice exists in mobile home showrooms 👉 Schult Homes, Karsten Homes, Golden West Home, Cavalier Homes, Buccaneer Homes, Giles Homes, Norris Homes, SEhomes, Marlette Homes, Crest Homes are all owned by Buffet under the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Clayton Homes.
Not only does Clayton Homes dominate the manufacturing of mobile 🏠, it is also vertically integrated. It sells, finances, leases and insurers many of the 🏠. Paint and carpet in many of the homes also come from other Buffett owned entities: Benjamin Moore and Shaw Industries
