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December 09, 2005
First Comes a Socking From Mr. Will
Ouch! George Will delivers a biting column on the latest entitlement wending its way through Congress, all but certain to be signed by our compassionate conservative president: free analog-to-digital TV converter boxes. Will lays into "compassionate conservatism" big time, but the best quote of all is this: "no matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting."
That, of course, is why some of us don't trust government at all.
Posted by Mike Tennant at December 9, 2005 02:44 PM
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Just another reason why "limited constitutional republics" are good in theory but never work in reality.
Constitution...what constitution?
Or in the words of Ludwig von Mises, "The government and its chiefs do not have the powers of the mythical Santa Claus. They cannot spend except by taking out of the pockets of some people for the benefit of others."
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at December 13, 2005 08:53 PM
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