Sunday, May 06, 2012

Government and the free market

Somewhere I came across something that mentioned "government" and "the free market" in the same thought. If ever two things don't belong together, that's it.

There is nothing any government can do to contribute to free markets or to liberty of any kind. All governments can do is destroy them. Anything and everything they do has that effect. Either by design or through unintended consequences.


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2 comments:

  1. Hi Kent,

    My favorite is the "Free Trade Agreement." Or a Democrat pointing to Republicans and saying. "See? Freedom doesn't work!"

    Dave

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  2. Heh! Or socialists pointing to America and saying, "See? Capitalism doesn't work!"

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