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Somehow, what comes to mind here is an inversion of the old Medieval lords and serfs.

In this case, the government (Obama, Pelosi, et al) act the part of the lords and they treat the productive elements of society as the serfs.

The lords wonder why the serfs don't produce more; but, as was common in many parts of the world of the Ancienne Regime, the lords took so much from the peasants that they didn't have anything left to reinvest in improving or expanding production.

In some cases, the Ancienne Regime fell peacefully; and, in other cases (one thinks of the French Revolution), some heads had to roll.

And, like Marie Antoinette, Ram Emmanuel, etc. seem to being saying to business the equivalent of "let them eat cake".