No, you're not. Here's another one for you: Guess who is the founder and one of the principle owners of Entergy?
Answer: Erskine Bowles, former White House Chief of Staff under Clinton, and recent unsuccessful candidate for North Carolina governor. Need a few more? Check-out and correlate the origins and timeline histories of Tyson chicken and Alltel from Arkansas, and the associations of their principals with government officials either currently or recently in power.
As much as I love my country, I fear that the (bi-partisan) culture of corruption in our politics may be too far advanced for recovery.
Here's another one for you: Guess who is the founder and one of the principle owners of Entergy?
I did not know that about Entergy. Interesting.
Guess I should be glad I have DEMCO.....
I was amazed as I followed the people through this maze. The connections between political think tank groups and private enterprise. And the boosterism of politicians to enterprise. I know there are quid pro quids.
On the surface, it looks like our senator is promoting local business, great, huh? Until you read that the same senator helped write the medicare rules to enable this business to triumph over othere smaller locals.
I can't understand,,why would one ambulance co have an exclusive contract with an entire parish.
I got started on ths when an administrator of a local small hospital started talking about this company, their highhanded ways and their extorting money from local hospitals.
I think the political class is so embedded is this that there won't ever be a change. I really do.
The military industrial complex sort of thing is what it reminds me of.
I don't mind people making up companies and Bowles has every right to use himself and his fortune to open a company. What gets me is the government and their flunkies using the law and obscure regs to favor a company.