[Wallace T.]

I am implying nothing relative to Romney’s faithfulness or ethics. There were, however, Mafia dons who separated their personal lives from their “business” lives. The fictional characters Vito and Michael Corleone, who were based on real life Mafia leaders, are examples of this tendency. There are pro-homosexual, pro-abortion politicians who are straight and do not cheat on their spouses. For example, “Dingy Harry” Reid has been married to the same woman for over 48 years, and I am not aware of any sexual scandal involving the Majority Leader. This extends to the field of business. Look at very successful investors and entrepreneurs like Warren Buffett, Mike Bloomberg, George Soros, and Bill Gates, self-made billionaires who adhere to socialistic and welfare state schemes in spite of their success.

[steve-b]

Look at very successful investors and entrepreneurs like Warren Buffett, Mike Bloomberg, George Soros, and Bill Gates, self-made billionaires who adhere to socialistic and welfare state schemes in spite of their success.

The bureaucratic welfare state is just great for incumbent mega-billionaires. It ties up any up-and-coming competition in red tape (the incumbents can afford to hire people to take care of it, and buy politicians to shape it to their advantage), and also allows them to offload part of their labor costs onto the taxpayers (e.g. replacing private health coverage with government coverage).