article_snippet.sent: What's more, politicians do not seem to understand how businesses work.
article_snippet.sent: This betrays a basic misunderstanding of how markets work.
article_snippet.sent: This is just one clumsy intervention that would end up costing people money.
article_snippet.sent: Because the truth is the vast majority of those working in business are trying to build something good and to employ more people.
article_snippet.sent: There is such a thing as turning an honest profit.
article_snippet.sent: The man running a local bakery and employing ten people is a capitalist.
article_snippet.sent: The woman starting up a tech firm in her attic is a capitalist.
article_snippet.sent: And it is not a choice between backing business on the one hand and promoting fairness on the other.
article_snippet.sent: There is nothing progressive about attacking business and undermining our economy.
article_snippet.sent: It would be a huge and tragic irony if well-meaning people ended up hurting the most deprived in our country.