Tom, the question should bother you and it certainly bothers me.

You force me to examine my leftist credentials, and I do enjoy being a board annointed leftist.

Personally I disfavor almost all restrictions on privately owned business unless that business is doing damage to others--toxic dumping comes to mind.

Large corporate owned public businesses need public scrutiny. Ownership is divorced from management in this case and, by default, the government has to put in the footsteps that ownership would provide in an investor-owned enterprise.

Come on over to my corner, the weather is fair and toasty warm.

Publius