In this day and age, not many people think that capitalism is a great idea. When they think of capitalism, they actually think of crony capitalism. They say that capitalism allows special minorities to influence government by giving money and support. Another claim is that capitalism and the free market allow employers to pay almost nothing to their employees. This is not true because people would not work for almost free. The employers have to pay a decent salary to their employees in order to run their business. People also claim that capitalism makes the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Again this is not true because the poor will work for their money instead of having it given to them outright.