Posted on 09/10/2014 2:46:11 PM PDT by Kaslin
I periodically try to explain that there’s a big difference between being pro-market and pro-business.
Simply stated, policy makers shouldn’t try to penalize businesses with taxes,mandates, and regulations.
But neither should politicians seek to subsidize businesses. 
That’s why I’m againstbailouts, subsidies, and other distortionsthat provide special favors for politically connected companies.
I have nothing against companies earning money, to be sure, but I want them to earn their profits in the marketplace rather than lining their pockets by using the coercive power of government to rig the rules of the game.
But I don’t just have disdain for companies that stick their snouts in the public trough. I also have little regard for the politicians that enable this sordid type of business by trading campaign cash for corporate welfare.
I realize that’s a strong assertion, but I can’t think of any legitimate reason to support handouts for big companies. And I get especially angry when giveaways are facilitated by politicians who claim to support free markets.
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They can if we force them to.
Now can the democrats admit they have the same problem?
Not as long as conservatives rely upon K Street to finance the campaigns.
The GOP works for big business crony capitalists. That is why they are so eager for cheap Mexican labor. They invite rent seeking big business with open arms.
The formula is rather simple.
Politicians give a corporation $10 million of our dollars and the corporation gives the politicians $10 thousand dollars for their campaign.
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