Who Poses the Greater Threat?

Bill Gates is the world's richest person, but what kind of power does he have over you? Can he force your kid to go to a school you do not want him to attend? Can he deny you the right to braid hair in your home for a living? It turns out that a local politician, who might deny us the right to earn a living and dictates which school our kid attends, has far greater power over our lives than any rich person. Rich people can gain power over us, but to do so, they must get permission from our elected representatives at the federal, state or local levels.

Politicians who take money from lobbyists and other supporters, and they all do, are beholding to them and will bend and stretch the law and the Constitution into convoluted loop-the-loops to coax more contributions from them. Law makers, in other words, pass laws for the benefit of lobbyists and themselves, not for any other reasons.