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The most worrying thing about the increasing size ...

2009-03-25T13:42:00.000-04:00

The most worrying thing about the increasing size of government is they never vote to make themselves smaller, a turkey does not vote for Christmas. Governmental allocation of resources is typically less efficient than that of the market, the only case where it can be more efficient is in that of mass transit and public goods such as the army or street lights. I presently feel I get little for my

@Valerie M - I think your analogy is fitting. We ...

2009-02-25T09:12:00.000-05:00

@Valerie M - I think your analogy is fitting. We keep crawling back to the government, not because they have the answers, but they have the power, and we don't want to piss them off.

"Even if we vote for things that won't help us dir...

2009-02-24T21:42:00.000-05:00

"Even if we vote for things that won't help us directly, we are motivated by what we believe to be altruistic and noble goals without understanding the outcomes of the policies. We have no idea that voting for government intervention is often the slowest path to change, if not reversal of progress!"

You can say that again! I wish more people could see this and stop being so idealistic