We're All Hookers

September, 2012

IT'S NOT THE PUBLIC SECTOR WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUTSince the days of President Reagan it has been fashionable to complain about the tyranny of our government. Advocates of laissez-faire decry state in­tervention in our lives—especially as it relates to personal freedoms and the func­tion of business. But this concern has be­come misguided: The federal government is now merely an adjunct of money, as it is controlled by corporate power. (This is true of most state and local governments as well.) As...