A fantastic article by Lessig on this very topic: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/posts.html?pg=7 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/posts.html?

A fantastic article by Lessig on this very topic: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/posts.html?pg=7 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/posts.html?pg=7 The teaser: Imagine if tire manufacturers lobbied against filling potholes so they could sell more tires. Or if private emergency services got local agencies to cut funding for fire departments so people would end up calling private services first. And what if private schools pushed to reduce public school money so more families would flee the public system? Or what if taxicab companies managed to get a rail line placed just far enough from an airport to make public transportation prohibitively inconvenient? Pick your favorite of these outrages, and take note of how it makes you feel. You'll experience it again when you read the next story - and this one, unfortunately, is true.