[meenie]

To summarize further, this country and government was not founded to advance the cause of business. When business and government unite and form political relationships, the term is called fascism.

Any deviation from this in the form of influencing elections or officials, ie. political campaign financing, revolving doors from government to corporations, is called corruption.

The same can be said of the other side of the coin in the labor organizations and their lackeys in the Congress. No artificial personalities, corporate or organization, should be able to influence elections or officials in a perfect republic.

Alas, this is a dream, and we have to put up with the tainted forms of corruption and favoritism.

[scottiewottie]

Both your points in #9 and mine in #13 are correct. Investment in Saudi Arabia in the context of fascism, actually permits foreign nations to purchase our electorate and gain benefits from our government that we as citizens cannot.