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Tom Brosz — (archived)

How many of them are taking advantage of the government's power to interfere in economic activity to maintain their positions?

Once government is given carte blanche to manipulate economic activity at every level, it doesn't take long for some of the Big Boys in the private sector to see where the power is. Those who play this system prosper at the expense of those who refuse to use the State to tilt the scales. To a lot of businessmen, it's play the game or be run over by those who are playing.

There is a moral difference between those who pay gangsters to rub out their competition, and those who pay them to keep their own stores from being burned down. Political contributions can fall into either of these categories.

Used to be that Microsoft had little interest in politics, with donations to political parties and candidates running at maybe a couple hundred thousand a year. Then Bill Gates was hauled in, and showed by the government in no uncertain terms that "he who can destroy a thing, controls that thing." Gates has learned the hard way where the power is, and is now a lot more active in the process than he used to be. This may be good news. Or it may not.

If, God forbid, we nationalize the health care system, do you honestly think the boards of directors of billion-dollar health care companies aren't going to have something to say about where the money goes?

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