Hmm.. good points. Quasi-private, quasi-public. Thanks.
s At 11:11 PM 8/16/2005, you wrote:
umm, yes, in teh basic model of capitalism, corporations ARE beholden to society. corps were not ALLOWED to exist in the good olde days of capitalism like they do now, becuase it was KNOWN they would wrok this way. a large corps ability to influence the market destroys the essence of pure capitalism and competition more than any government interference could. btw, when they drill on public land, recieve taxe benifits from the government, bailouts, loan money, contracts, pollute public skys, use publicly funded highways... yeah, they are beholden to the public.
