If you've never watched the classic movie Giant, you should. It's an epic tale that makes Dallas seem like Fort Worth. In it, James Dean plays a renegade wildcatter Jett Rink, who comes from the wrong side of the fence. Long bullied by the cattle baron aristocracy of Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, the wildcatter finally strikes oil and becomes stinking filthy rich like only you can in Texas.
Things come to a head at one point and a huge fist fight breaks out. The young oilman leaves and one of the ranchers turns to Rock Hudson's character Bick Benedict and says, "Bick, you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."
Could it be we wouldn't be having this whole fiduciary standard debate if the dual registrant industry weren't too big to kill?
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