Issues of price fixing by a group of investors tease at the difference between "mainstream conservative" and "libertarian". A "mainstream conservative" will probably want to have laws in place against price-fixing schemes which can hurt the small business owner/entrepreneur type person because small business is integral to economic stability/growth for the mainstream conservative (like a Jack Kemp, etc.). A hard-core libertarian (Ayn Rand, for instance) would be opposed to any regulations even those against practices which could hurt the entrepreneur. Because whereas in a "conservative ecosystem" the majority of hiring, etc. comes from small business/"main street" or whatever, in a "libertarian/John Galt ecosystem" most of the hiring is done by, you guessed it, John Galt. My point is, a mainstream conservative (a more moderate type) has an interest in preventing price-fixing and helping the small-time businessman whereas the libertarian does not. Therefore, "pro-business" means different things to different people. Pro-small-business (mainstream or moderate conservatism) is different or not always the same at any rate from being pro-big-business (libertarian/Objectivist). Thus, for example Gov. Romney would probably want to keep a lid on price-fixing which hurts mainstreet, while say Rand Paul would not. This is a great topic to tease out the nuances between various so-called "pro-business" or "conservative" viewpoints. Who's right? Who knows, but it is certainly instructive.