Why don't we just let people do what they want in life?

[sapphi_snake]

Kasz216 said:

Which is just a convinent way to blame Reagan.  There has never been a time where companies weren't rich or powerful enough to influence the government.

Though their tactics are a lot less direct then most people make them out to be with outright claims of bribes and the like.

Whether or not you can blame their influence is really hard to say, since like I said, it was basically something that was really good, that could end up really bad, if something that I don't think has ever happened before.  Except possibly due to the great depression.... though oddly there isn't much info on that... because i guess they just didn't record this stuff.

In case of another great depression, everyone would be scerwed anyway, and the same thing basically woulda happened even without it.  The government found a way to increase it.

 

I wonder why.

Anyways, corporations' influence in the Government started growing very much during the 20th century, thanks to things like lobbying (which should be illegal IMO), donations to candidates and parties (which should also be illegal IMO), financing political campaigns (which should be state financed). They're pretty much the new dictators.