If we are purely referring to economic power, then lessening restrictions on a companies economic maneuvering quite literally makes them just as capable, if not more, of becoming an institution worse than government. Also, the government is NOT the only institution capable of doing that, it is merely the strongest. Terrorist organizations, invading militaries, they all have that power too.

During the time of the nations founding, they were fleeing a government that was using religion to its own means, while the government itself practically worshipped the religion. Overall, religious leaders had more influence than their politicians, giving them their own influence while those politicians worked symbiotically to eject their own ideals into that religion. The two enabled one another, and religions seem like the more intent ones to stay close to the government, as shown by the many overly religious politicians allowing religious beliefs, most of which aren’t shared by others, to pilot their own government. The only way to actually keep the wall between them high, is if religious organizations are kept away from it, and if politicians do not make their decisions ENTIRELY BASED ON religious belief, rather than reason and personal conviction. Christian values might sound nice as the sole driver of our government, but it doesn’t happen or work well, that’s what was proven by the Roman Catholic Church of the last several centuries. The pure ideals would be nice, but as the very followers of religious organizations aren’t going to follow them nearly as well, it’ll slide down to much worse than before if the wall between church and state is broken.