right... and the actions of both governments benefit one group of people at the expense of another and yet netting a aggregate negative result... there is no value addition only destruction... you will see the political entrepreneur pander to special interest this way.. meanwhile the regular guys like me who don't have access to the special privileges granted by the government pay the price.. They treat the economy like a puppet.. one string on the money supply , another string on trade barriers, another on taxes... all destructionism... currency flight happens from all of these things.. taxes go up, money goes where it is best appreciated, away from high tax states... loose monetary easing, foreign buyers benefit from an increase in purchasing power at our expense, and inflation also redistributes from the first recievers of the money.. to the last recivers.. the fixed income and wage earners.. thirdly taxation is theft... Do you realize you work from 20 to 40 percent of your year for income taxes.. now compound that with your after income tax liabilites. .sales tax, luxury tax, tangible income, property etc etc.. just sales tax alone is a after income tax payment.. so if you get 70% of your money you earn you lose another 7% from that everytime you buy anything.. worse if you buy a boat or a so call luxury item... tax is like a daisy chain of dilution.. combine that with your loss of purchasing power from inflation and it would make you sick