And the amount of the projection is just a guess.
Corporations increase their control of the government and our lives at skyrocketing rates.
Look at how Bush has suggested severely restricting the amount an individual can sue a healthcare agency for, in the case of personal injury or wrongful death. By bowing to the intense lobbying of the health-care industry, Bush demonstrates how he values corporate welfare above your life and limb. Another way of seeing Bush's corporatization of government is in the issue of bankruptcy. Individuals and small businesses will find it much more difficult to discharge debts if Congress approves the Bush proposal. Credit card companies have lobbied intensely to take this form of financial protection away from individuals, making them file something akin to Chapter 11 bankruptcies, as corporations do, instead of Chapter 7.