"Many of the founders would have hated the idea of a megacorporation in such close proximity to Congress and the White House..." How on earth can the author cl

"Many of the founders would have hated the idea of a megacorporation in such close proximity to Congress and the White House..." How on earth can the author claim to know what the founders would have thought? I can't think of anything left in writing that would suggest such a thing. Seems like the author is just pulling stuff out of..... let's say 'the air'.