Why is the government sueing the airlines somebody shut our government down!!?

Question

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080626/airline_price_fixing.html, okay so who gets the money, why doesnt the government just let them pay us back by giving us discounts and other options, s***w the governemnt they are just taking more money and they dont need it, so we pay more for fuel and now the justice department sues for more what the h**l!!

Answer 1

I don't know why they are doing that, but boy did your question make me laugh my butt off!  I love the crossing into, "somebody shut our government down!!" LOL

Answer 2

according to the washington post some of the airline companies have been inflating the prices of airfare in order to increase profits.