[William Tell]

From the linked article: "Personally, I agree with the side that says our problems, our barriers to opportunity, are the result of runaway economic inequality baked into our society by giant corporations that have crippled our government and our community supports in order to get whatever they want, and as much of it, at our expense."

How "crippled" is a government which spends FOUR TRILLION dollars per year?

As for the concern about corporations, virtually all of them are for sale at fair market prices in several stock markets. One can either choose to buy them and change their behavior or buy them and benefit from that behavior. I'd like to know why that is not enough.

The answer I am confident is that progressives believe that there is just one large pie and a person either has a large slice or a small slice. It never occurs to them that pies can be made through work and sacrifice, or that a person who does just that deserves the reward for that work and sacrifice.

[GeronL]

Leftists policies prevent making new pies though

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’m dubious about what a stock market can do for a company once it’s had its initial public offering. It’s like betting on horses. Betting up a horse does not make the horse go faster. More topical, the horse’s owners don’t benefit from the bets.