It's the same world where the government will fine you a hundred million dollars for price fixing, but then prop you up with billions of dollars in subsidies.

It's the same world where the government will fine you a hundred million dollars for price fixing, but then prop you up with billions of dollars in subsidies. Lysine Price Fixing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine_price-fixing_conspiracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine_price-fixing_conspiracy Cato's Study in Corporate Welfare http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-241.html http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-241.html Time and time again, it seems that paying fines are simply a small cost of doing business if you're large and influential enough to have friends in government.