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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum
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To: Neocon who wrote (2113)3/11/1999 3:14:00 AM
From: Dave Reed  Read Replies (1) of 13060
 
By the way, if it were not for the government, there would probably be no Internet, and certainly the present one exists only due to government research.

Since government at all levels consumes about 40% of the economy, they're bound to do some good, if only by accident. I'd give up the Internet to have my 40% back. How about you? By the way, it's equally true to say that if it were not for the government, we wouldn't have a multi-billion dollar superconducting supercolider hole-in-the-ground in Texas. I think they filled that one back in.

Years ago, when I read about a $500,000 paper airplane contest that was being underwritten by the federal government (sometime back in the early '80s), I decided to mentally earmark all of my taxes for the rest of my life to pay for that worthy event. Hey, but the Internet is pretty cool.

Dave
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