No diversion intended. You asked " Is there a viable counter argument for the corporate welfare mantra?" I replied it's an accepted part of our system. Members say the US is being run by a left-wing radical. He's a centre, slightly left politician who does money's bidding as all the others.

The finance, insurance and real estate industries contributed $38 million to his 2008 campaign, including $900,000 from Goldman Sachs. Any wonder Wall Street got off Scot-free? Was there a word of Marxism when Americans bought the banks and auto industry ---the means of production---without firing a shot? Nah, it's how capitalism works, eh?