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To: Lane3 who wrote (8659)	1/10/2006 2:40:31 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 541790

The Roman's had bread and circuses, we have social programs and pork. I wouldn't be surprised if ancient Summer had something similar. Its a powerful and long lived trend that is very hard to counter. Of course we spend more on such things (certainly in absolute terms, probably as a percent of our gross production), and while we probably can't get rid of the "bread and circuses" (esp. on a permanent basis) we would benefit from at least making the "candy store" much smaller. Some look at the difficulty in closing down the candy store and keeping it closed and use that as an argument against libertarian ideas. I don't think it is a very good one (at least as a matter of logic, as a method to increase understanding, or as a method to achieve optimal public policy, it may work as a rhetorical device). If libertarian ideas get stronger this problem gets smaller. Its not a leap across a chasm. Getting part of the way is a good thing not a bad one. Tim

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