“There are now businesses and entire industries that exist solely as a result of federal patronage. Profiting from government instead of earning profits in the economy, such businesses can continue to succeed even if they are squandering resources and making products that people wouldn't ordinarily buy.” PeopleIfsGovernmentResultsEconomyProductsIndustrySucceedResourcesProfitEarningPatronageSquandering Author:Charles Koch
“If drugs were legalized in the US, the Mexican economy would collapse since the earnings from drugs bring in more hard currency than its largest licit source, oil sales. Mexico is a corrupt state that has now become dependent on the earnings on an illegal product. But inevitably, the product will become legal and then Mexico will retain its corruption but must face the needs of its citizens now employed by the drug industry who have become steeped in violence and conditioned to higher incomes.” IfsNeedsHardStatesFacesEconomyViolenceProductsSourceIndustryHigherCitizensDrugCorruptionOilIncomeDependentIllegalMexicoCollapseCurrencyEarningEmployedMexican Author:Charles Bowden
“Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less likely than other jobs to provide health benefits.” WellsSelfJobsIndustryNeededBenefitsIncomeEarningAnnualsFast FoodSelf SufficiencySufficiencyFood IndustryHealth Benefits Author:David Rolf