Comment Re:Spending priorities? (Score 1) 474
To most people, business means that consumers have choices.
So, MSFT, although being a convicted monopolist, would or would not be a business according to your definition? I hate using analogies, but I'm trying to understand what you're talking about.
What about Standard Oil? Before the government had to step in, they were a monopoly. Would you argue that that was not a business?
If you are arguing that churches in America perform like businesses where the Catholic Church did not, I guess I would argue how you define exchanging money for goods and services.