That being the case, they will get nothing back. That's a very important point. If your answer is zero or close to it, don't expect them to compete with Archer Daniels Midland for influence. We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are.
Government is the tool of the moneyed powers.
That concentration of power is happening because Congress is bought off. The system is rigged. And anyone who because of some schoolbook imagery thinks we have some sort of a democratically elected government is not reading the signs of the times. So you have to take direct action and do things where you are. Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change.