You can make an argument for the fact that capitalism ended in the 1970’s when the business community figured out that $100K spent on Capitol Hill lobbying returned a bigger ROI than millions invested in new plants, employees, or capital equipment.
Now it’s all a game of working the system to gain leverage and suckling off the government teat.
My local business paper is chock-full of interviews with supposed entrepreneurs and CEO’s, all whining that the government does not do enough for them.
Yup. It ended some time ago.
Government is often an unnecessary obstacle for business. if they are being critical of that, I totally agree with them.
If they are b1tching they aren’t getting govt handouts, that is a different story.