You get ahead now days through favors, kick-backs, and political connections more than ever. Sure we have been heading towards where we are now for quite some time, but it is now reaching critical mass...
In the book Atlas Shrugged we see that the businesses that survive are the ones that seek favors and special treatment from the government as all others are driven out of business through regulations, penalties, and political collusion. This is really where we are now. There are many stark examples today- Obamacare is a huge one. Over 1000 waivers have been given to protect politically connected companies and unions from the negative financial impacts of this legislation. There is no clear process to how the waivers are granted, and one has to ask the question- If it is the right thing to do for some, why is it not the right thing to do for all?
"Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion-when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing-when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors-when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you-when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice-you may know that your society is doomed." (Atlas Shrugged)
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