That's the spirit of the age here in America, no? When so many of our leading public figures are hyper-wealthy individuals who are where they're via various sorts of shuffling costs onto others and pocketing profits, is it any surprise when the public seeks to do the same?

It's ultimately utterly destructive, of course. Wish I had a good solution.

Ah, the choice content providers made a few years back that put us all in this situation to begin with - throw constant ads at us for marginal revenue.