On Thursday 11 December 2003 22:00, Neil Johnson wrote:
What I object to are corporations who utilize their power (money) to influence governments to make laws that benefit them at the expense of others.
- The DMCA - Tariffs AND Free Trade Agreements - H1-B visas
And now... tarrifs for filming movies in Canada. Just heard that one on NPR today, and I nearly drove off the road. The plan is to raise the cost of filming in Canada so that there's no longer an economic advantage. Made me want to puke.
Even Ayn Rand weaves this into "Atlas Shrugged" where the competitors of Reardon Steel get the government to try and force him to give them his formula for his high-strength steel because it's putting them out business and "unfair".
I guess Canada is "Reardon Pictures".