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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 15:10:38 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.
I'll buy that (metaphorically) on paper, but I can't shake the feeling
that, in practice, the corrupt companies would quickly take steps to erect
barriers to entry. In theory, a government, even a big one, directly and
quickly accountable for its corruption, would also tend to acquire honest
members, since the public could speedily enact personnel changes. In
theory! 8^)
Dave!
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