Despite their inefficiencies, wrongdoing, and the vagaries of the marketplace, large corporations throughout almost the entire history of America have generally been aided and sometimes kept afloat by government's soft pedaling of corporate wrongdoing and generous handouts. Originally intended to do the public's bidding, corporations quickly coopted government by "marrying" it shortly after the birth of America. I have called it the "Devil's Marriage." It was not a shotgun wedding. Politicians' palms get greased. Corporations get virtual immunity from accountability for their endless...