"SLAVE of THE STATE" wrote in message
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http://mises.org/story/2317

This pretty effectively explains how government colluded with some people to
cause some people to get rich off of the government.

It should be noted that MOST businesses in the USA do not get the slightest
help from governments and many of them are actively held back.

Let's remember that Henry Ford doubled the wages of his factory workers so
that they could buy the very products they were making. Sure it was good for
him but it was a whole lot better for the workers.

Think of Westinghouse who brought AC electricity to the USA.

The list is endless of great businessmen who became rich but at the same
time greatly improved the lives of their customers and their workers. That's
the entire point of capitalism.

And as for the pretense that the USA is somehow the home of big business -
the USA is home to only 37% of the world's largest companies. Tiny Japan has
22%!!!