What is your opinion of a merger? If you say and think a merger is a bad thing then you are not alone. Recently, “mergers were given a big thumbs down in a poll given to Americans and Canadians.” The definition of a merger is “a combination of two or more businesses to form a single firm.” The cons of mergers greatly outnumber the pros because as companies get larger and larger, people lose jobs, monopolies form, and consumers pay higher prices, resulting in a less competitive and, therefore, less opportune business market. Is bigger really better? Big might be sometimes better, but companies, corporations and monopolies