Dan, PLEASE use your terminology correctly. Use of the oxymoronic trem "crony capitalism" merely adds ammunition to the liberal morons who believe that capitalism is the problem when, by definition, the alliance between powerful interests in the business community and the STATE is a form of SOCIALISM (corporativism). Once the state gets involved, it isn't capitalism at all. Since demonstrably modern liberalism is driven primarily by ignorance, feeding that ignorance must be avoided at all cost.