I get that the companies here are not trying to off employees and collect. It does, however, sort of remind me of the Herbalife "investigations", where a hedge

I get that the companies here are not trying to off employees and collect. It does, however, sort of remind me of the Herbalife "investigations", where a hedge fund bet $1 billion that Herbalife would fail and then began lobbying politicians to bring it down. You look at the lengths these guys went to and consider the potential impact of their efforts, and it's unsettling to say the least - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/staking-1-billion-that-herbalife-will-fail-then-ackman-lobbying-to-bring-it-down.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/staking-1-billion... For me, it calls into question what behaviors are incentivized by allowing people to seek any sort of financial benefit from people/companies in which they have no real property interest (for lack of a better term). I don't think this is purely a financial/tax inquiry; it does seem to have some societal ramifications that ought to be considered as well.