http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1841989
When there is lack of a free market such as an oligopoly you can get away with it.
Sam Walton started off making his money in a free market by beating the hell out of his competition and working his ass off. Then once he got ahead in the mid 90's he started to heavily use communist slave labor in China to tilt the board.
https://www.etrade.wallst.com/v1/stocks/charts/charts.asp?symbol=WMT
Republicans claim to love big business and hate big government.
Democrats claim to love big government and hate big business.
But you should understand that big government loves big business and big business loves big government.
If you ran a business and had a congress critter in your pocket, would you want him to have more or less power over the market?
If you were a congress critter, would you want potential bribe money to be spread out among the masses or pooled together in large companies who need to buy influence?