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Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 9 May 2001 14:55:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> There is nothing new under the sun. Government has always been
> bureaucratic and inherently corruptable; it's just that the manifestations
> of corruption and bureaucracy have not always taken the same forms.
> Likewise, the means by which government is purchased have not always been
> the same.
Less government power, less possible avenues of corruption.
Yes, private interests also can be corrupt, but as long as there are no
barriers to entry, corrupt (and therefore inefficent) companies get
displaced by honest ones.
++Lar
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| (...) Most people I know (who express an opinion on the matter) are aware of the corruption and are equally aware that there's little the average citizen can do about it. <insert third-gov't-party ad here> As long as humans are subject to greed, and (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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