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To: John Koligman who wrote (228778)	11/14/2009 2:38:16 PM
From: No Mo Mo	Respond to of 306849

It's all part of the same game - no different than the banksters saying derivative biz will migrate to London or Hong Kong if we try to regulate it here. The taxpayer still ends up with a bill somewhere down the line i.e. socialized costs. For most of my adult life say, since Reagan, folks on the right and business leaders have trumpeted the "Market" as the unquestionable, sanctified means and end to prosperity. All along, though, they've entwined themselves with government at every level in an amalgamation that's grown so asymptotic that you can't tell the difference between the two. I'd LOVE to see business compete without their lobbyists working behind the scenes to shape legislation to their benefit. Imagine an omnipotent leader, unbeholden to any one special interest over another. Have that leader take a few steps back and consider the well being of the all the constituents in this country over a time-line longer than a four-year term of office. "Where will this decision put us (ALL of us) in 5, 10, 50 and 100 years?" You think we'd have a better education system? Think our natural resources might be used differently? Think we'd take on SO MUCH FREAKING DEBT to pay off a bunch of people who made horribly imprudent decisions at the expense of our own fiscal and monetary viability? "Government is the shadow cast by big business over society." - John Dewey