The mistake our politicians so often make with these industry leaders is in thinking they are interested in, or respectful of, the power of government. All they want is to keep stealing. If you can offer them the government's seal of approval on that, they'll take it. But if you can't, well, they'll take that too.

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America (ed. 2010)