The socialist rich.

I have noticed that a large number of rich corproate types tend to support big government. Just look at voting patterns. The last few elections has been marked by people who make over $1,000,000.00 voting for the Democrate party. There have been many times when this had not made sense to me. After all, isn't the Republican Party the party of the rich?

Well, that's not really the case. The Republican party, in the case of economics, is the party of the entrepreneur. That's not necessarily the same as being the party of the rich or the party of the coprorate elite.

There is a reason for this, and that reason is that big government and big business are both big bureaucracy. Both have much in common. They even compliment each other in that they are just as hard to deal with. This is because the person who represents either government or big busines has very limited authority, and the person who has the authority is very far removed from the situation and can not make a correct decision. So, they tend to make a decision that does not help anyone and keeps them out of trouble.

Now since they have these things in common, big business tends to make a mistake in thinking that the government is trustworthy. It is a mistake that will costing them dearly.

The thinking of the corporate elite is that socialism is a good idea because this will allow them to use the politicians and the power of government to make restrictive legislation. This will allow them to make it difficult for their competition and insure that new competition will not arise.

The price is showing up in the health care debate. The insurance companies, who have normally tried to stop this, signed on to this thinking that the new system would give them millions of new customers. When it turned out that the bill was not to their liking, the Democrates and Obama attacked them. That is the problem of letting the goverment acquire a market for you. You have sold them your soul and they will want payment at all times. If you try to backout, God help you.

The problem with corporate elite is that the only values they have are the bottom line. If the bottom line is the only thing that matters, then you will be crushed by the bottom line.

Now, to some people this would seem to be an argument to have nationalized healthcare. Emphatically, No.
My rights to free speech, gun rights, and religion to name a few has never been infringed on by a business. If they try, I can go somewhere else. You can not walk from an abusive and authoritarian government.