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Subject:	Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2001 20:07:50 GMT
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I think you have a few nots missing, and a few added where they do not belong In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: > The difference is that the government can be sued, c /can/cannot/ in many cases. Nor can government employees. (Libertopian corporations would have no such immunity for their personnel) > and the government has > the finances to reimburse appropriate damages, That is, has the power to tax everyone to pay for their mistakes... somehow I don't see that as a win. > and the government is not the > largest offender re: illegal toxic dumping (to continue the example). c/ is not/ is/ depending on your definition of how to determine if something is illegal. Certainly the US government is the world's single biggest polluter with the most sites on the US superfund list, which I thought doesn't include non US sites but could be wrong. Yet the US government did pollute outside of US territory and may in fact be still doing so, not sure. ++Lar

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		Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
(...) Where does all this c/can/cannot stuff come from? Is it English, or is it some esoteric computerese? FUT OT.Geek? Is that right? The gov't can't be sued for anything? I thought they simply weren't subject to civil suits, but were subject to (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
(...) So you're agreeing that a corporation will not only be just as corrupt, but will likewise take steps to make sure that its corruption is beyond the reach of individual correction? The difference is that the government can be sued, and the (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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