“I hope we shall...crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and to bid defiance to the laws of our country.”
~Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan, November 12, 1816
Who knew this was a problem, all that long ago?
This applies, today, in so many different ways. It applies to our health care system and its problems, our taxes and taxation, their use of us, as a labor force, etc., etc.
I must say I am again impressed about how good old Tom was at understanding the broader picture -- a real genius, for sure.
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