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The Myth of Good Government

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One of the great and most persistent errors of classical liberals is to believe in 'good government,' a government that does 'what it is supposed to do.' There is nothing the state can do, which society needs done, that cannot be done far better by the market. Another point that is just as telling: no state empowered to do what is supposedly necessary will restrain itself to those things. It will expand as much as it can.

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why does opt.ed put crap like this in its blog by liberalsrock on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:03:29 AM
You have a very strange view of the world by Darren Wolfe on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:15:28 PM
Free Speech by William Whitten on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:23:17 PM
I look forward to seeing you at the next 2 Minute Hate by Chris Bieber on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:34:43 PM
blind ideology by Tony Duncan on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:10:03 PM
I mostly differ with your view of govt by Darren Wolfe on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:21:39 PM
The myth of unregulated market efficiency. by John Sanchez Jr. on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 3:02:48 PM
There are, at the very least, by Jack Harrington on Sunday, Nov 16, 2008 at 4:56:30 PM
government by Ty on Monday, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:06:11 PM