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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 16:09:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> 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.
Bruce,
I have to agree with you. The measure of a company's success is its level of
profit - not the level of corruption involved.
Scott A
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> > ++Lar
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> Power corrupts, be it business or government.
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> 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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