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Originally Posted by Cletus Miller
Does he have any chance?
This makes too much sense, tho. |
Um. Not this part: "The government is, essentially, the last monopoly."
In the hope that they will all someday be my clients, I will not list the various monopolies that come to mind, but let's just say there is more than a few.
Also, this is a description of a broken democracy (which is not to say it's wrong): "In government, I always say you have to transplant or implant accountability, ’cause it doesn’t come naturally."
As to this: " That is to say it should protect the liberties and the safety of citizens, first and foremost, and then it should act to make possible … the growth of the private sector, on which everything else depends…"
Well, yeah, but what about those monopolies (which have traditionally been an organic part of private sector growth)? What about externalities?
I like what he says about SS and Medicare, and in particular that he doesn't pretend that the hard questions don't exist, but some of this sounds like pretty standard conservative "government is always a problem."
