I am not sure why you comment was down voted. I never said they had the monopoly on it, simply that are are the very forefront of it in this country.
The Government is blatantly controlled by special interest groups. All one has to do is follow the money....
My main point was that it was the lax oversight and enforcement of rules meant to check large corporations that has led to our current predicament. There is nothing new to see here as we laws on the books to keep companies from getting to big or mixing certain types of activities, yet we/congress gutted most of those so here we are...
In most countries, bribes and abuse of power are illegal (and prosecuted), yet still happen at large scale. The problem is when the same people responsible for oversight (making sure that government doesn't get controlled by small powerful groups) and enforcing the rules are the ones that are most corrupt (in other words, if some corporation bribes a government official, then the latter's buddies help cover it up, is that the corporation's fault or the government's?)
