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Re: 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 15:07:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > 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.
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> Less government power, less possible avenues of corruption.
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> 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.
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> ++Lar
Power corrupts, be it business or government.
As to corrupt (and therefore inefficient (Oh?)) companies getting displaced
by honest ones: looking at Big Oil and Hollywood, I gotta disagree. ;-)
Bruce
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