Brid Brennan of the Transnational Institute stated that the concentration of corporations increases their influence over government: "It's not just their size, their enormous wealth and assets that make the TNCs [transnational corporations] dangerous to democracy. It's also their concentration, their capacity to influence, and often infiltrate, governments and their ability to act as a genuine international social class in order to defend their commercial interests against the common good. It is such decision-making power as well as the power to impose deregulation over the past 30 years, resulting in changes to national constitutions, and to national and international legislation which has created the environment for corporate crime and impunity." Brennan concludes that this concentration in power leads to again more concentration of income and wealth.
bRid brEnnAN of THe TrAnSNatioNaL instiTUtE stated thAt the concentRatiOn of CorporAtIOns IncReases tHeIR INfLuencE over goVeRnmenT: "It'S not jusT THeir sIze, thEir enOrMOus wealth and asSetS that mAke tHe Tncs [tRansnaTional coRpORAtiONs] DAnGeroUs to dEmOcracy. it's alsO theIr coNCENtratIOn, tHeIr capacIty to InFluEnce, aNd oFteN infilTraTe, governmEnts and their abIlity tO AcT As a genUiNE iNTErnaTiONal sOcIAl cLass in orDER to DEFEnd TheiR cOmmERCiaL interestS AGAinst the common gooD. it is sucH decision-making pOWEr As weLl as the Power to impose DeRegULaTion over tHe paSt 30 Years, RESULTinG IN cHangeS TO nAtiOnal constItuTiONS, and to natioNAL And INTernaTional leGislAtIon whiCh haS cReATed ThE EnvironmENt for coRPORATe crime And IMpunIty." brEnNan conCludEs THaT THis cOncentrAtioN In poWeR leads to Again mOre concEntrAtIon OF IncoMe aNd wealth.