Hey, no biggie, comprehension is half the writer's problem as well- I knew when I put that "corporations run the country" down that it was open for attack in a way.
I just meant that corporations first and foremost provide jobs- that's political weapon number one. But they also make this country. They build the infrastructure, the products we rely upon and the services we use. They have to contribute loads of money to the Congress to have a voice there (the theory being to help prevent anti business laws from being created- in practice it's simple bribery) and they control the media apparatus and the means of defense production. All that equates pretty much to running things.
If the heads of Microsoft, Intel, GE, AT&T, Coca Cola etc ever got together and got on the same sheet of music and said "We're going to do something about this or that" it would get done. If they decided to change the law in this country, that would get done as well. The politicians rely on corporate donations- they think it doesn't matter once they are in the Big House, then they have "Power" (said in a low hiss). But they won't get very far as long as the corporations have a vice grip on their collective scrotums, and I think that's a good thing. It will never be in the interest of Big Business in the end to become socialist or communist. They provide a powerful counter balance against the leftward push in the Congress. I just wish they would do more.
On a side note, here's my problem- I'm long winded. I have to rattle on for a few paragraphs and dance around what I want to say- you cut to the chase in one line by conjuring up an image most Americans can readily identify with- The Boston Tea Party. That is, in a nutshell, what I wanted to say. Cheers.