[hi_im_god]

here's why i think advocates of an innovative free market should be concerned:

what do large corporations want from washington?

subsidies and regulatory blocks to competition.

they don't want innovation unless they own it. they want to crush small companies with good idea's that might harm their market position.

and guess what? small innovative businesses aren't going to have the money to spend on campaign ad's that their gigantic competitors do.

the idea that all any business wants is an unfettered free market is naive. monopolies maximize profits. it's in their self interest to drive competitors out by any means necessary.

i'm not all that worried about a partisan divide because the bottom line is that corporations will want to sell to me, riot, jim, and cannon. they won't want a "republican" or "democrat" label attached.

but they've just been handed a nuke to use in addition to the heavy artillery they already had while the rest of us get knives.

they won't have to take out the sponsor of a bill they don't like. they'll just need to take out 1 or 2 supporters and then tell the others, "look, we really like you but we're willing to spend anything needed".

because now they can.