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>>9736041

The gentleman has repeatedly made the point that any business of notable size is going to have interaction with the government as a matter of course; positive or negative. Since *any* business will do this, finding any business that does anything - and is big enough to relate to a discussion on the economy as a whole - is rather pointless. Even if the monopoly is self-perpetuating and gained its power without government help, it will still move to buy off the local officials as soon as possible - or, even simpler, the local officials will look out for and support the company that provides 90% of the income for their jurisdiction - mining towns in Appalachia is a good example of this.