HappySqurriel on 08 September 2009
MrStickball,
For the most part, the party who is in power uses their influence to the benefit of their political allies and friends. The Banking and Finance sector has used their power and influence to make money, and then used their money to buy power and influence from elected officials, which makes them very well protected by both parties; large unions (like the Auto workers union) have close ties to the Democrats, and in a conventional bankruptcy unions tend to have their contracts aggressively renegotiated (and see far lower wages and benefits) which kills the union as members no longer see value in them; and large corporations (like GE) can get massive amounts of money funnelled into them disguised as research and development grants.
