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To: Gulo who wrote (505)	9/5/2000 9:12:36 AM
From: PMS Witch	of 666

You are correct about the problems of the one-size-fits-all provision of goods and services by government in general and health care in particular. I oversimplified my assertion that most people spend ALL their income, and that some portion is spent collectively and the rest individually, and we're basically debating the appropriate allotment. You'll get no resistance from me in your attempts to put forward the idea that currently our society has placed much too large a portion of our spending in the hands of politicians and bureaucrats, and that in most cases private spending decisions are much wiser than public ones: Everyone spends their OWN money with greater care. The proper role for government is to acquire and provide those things needed by our society which cannot or will not be provided by individuals. I would extend this mandate to also include those things that can be provided collectively with greater efficiency than by private means: This list, however, would be quite short. Cheers, PW. P.S. Since taxes, public policy, and public spending are linked, I feel our discourse hasn't strayed too far off topic. P.P.S. Please note, in my second paragraph, I used the word needed and not wanted.

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