[ProtectOurFreedom]

Mr. Williams was doing fine until the last paragraph regarding the $4 Billion in "special tax breaks" for oil companies. This has always been suspicious in my mind and likely to be nothing but demagoguery. Randall Hoven has a brilliant analysis in American Thinker on this very issue. See About Those Oil Subsidies on May 2. As expected, the oil companies are taking advantage of basic tax code benefits that are used by every corporation in America.

[rollo tomasi]

I agree, maybe Professor Williams was commenting on the “lobbying” power as well as the “fun and games.” The article is not perfect, perhaps the good Dr. should have mentioned ending a lot of environmental regulations which cost the industry a lot of $$$ and time trying jump through shrinking hoops the government erects. The game becomes hypocritical on both sides, but most of the hypocritical weight teeters towards the Federal/State government.

[rollo tomasi]

Sorry, "... the good Dr. should have mentioned ending a lot of environmental regulations..."

Should of mentioned along with subsidies in his conclusion. Point being, get rid of big government and assign government's proper role as being a body that equals out the playing field, thus big business would not have a permanent dance partner.