The purpose of Democrats appears to be to damage the economy as much as possible. The intention is to bring about wealth equality. (For everyone not at the top already.) This is done by strangulating regulations, taxes and outright graft. But, if you are on the inside, you can bribe your way into affluence by aiming the strangulation at competitors. Overall, wealth for individuals falls, but comparative wealth for insiders increases. (The phrase that comes to mind is, “It’s good to be the king.”)
The left seems to prefer systems where it is “who you know” not “what you do”.
Corportism. (Vampire Economy. Gunther Reinmann
It’s just so much easier to control a few large companies than millions of small businesses.
“After fleeing Germany for London, he wrote The Vampire Economy: Doing Business Under Fascism, published in 1939. In this treatise, Reimann documented how the oppressive rule of the Nazis crushed the autonomy of the private sector through severe regulations and the threat of confiscatory fines for petty offenses.”
Same ol’ song and dance.