"By the same token, as a lawyer who used to practice a lot of corporate law, I know the only real purposes of a corporation are to make as much money as legally possible for the shareholders, and to insulate them from personal liability."

And as a lawyer who still does that, I recall the comments of the CEO an insurance company I was representing, "Hell Dave, that's too much money. We are in business to collect premiums and invest them, not to pay claims! Can't you explain that to the judge?" Yes, I could and, with tongue in cheek, did. Thankfully he was a law school classmate and just laughed rather than ripping off my head. Dave