Governor Jindal seems to suffer from the delusion that the top management of corporations is interested in advancing free enterprise. I see precious little evidence of this in general, though there are rare exceptions, most notably the Koch brothers who are so heavily vilified precisely because they actually favor free-market measures, rather than being easily bought with government contracts or regulations that advantage their business against competitors or potential competitors.
By and large pro-business has ceased to mean pro-market. Corporate managers by and large seek to use government policy to cement their market position and are happy with a great deal of regulation, since regulation harms new entrants and small enterprises far more than it does large incumbents in the market.
Points taken. But look at it this way. How many of our GOP “leaders” have actually had the guts to come out like this and send a shot across the bow, directly to corporate America? Jindal was clearly signaling them that if they join up with the leftist radicals in an attempt to destroy religious liberty in his state, he was more than prepared to fight them.
This doesn’t look to be a repeat of Indiana, when Mike Pence transformed into a spineless, cowtowing jellyfish.