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To: tejek who wrote (170597)	6/5/2003 12:13:23 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579980

What do you think these trials of Martha Stewart, Ken Lay and other rich are all about? They are not about tax rates, which is what our conversation was about. They are about the government enforcing the law against criminals not going after the rich. Its impossible not to reduce some freedoms in a country as big and as complex as ours. Its impossible for any country at any time to be completely free, but an effort should always be made to minimize the limitations on personal freedom. In many ways are larger more complex society supports a greater amount of personal freedom. The private sector can accomplish things that only the government could do in a more primitive, simple, smaller country and the total wealth produced is so much greater that if an effort is made to control the size of government it can provide its essential services without unduly burdening the country. Apparently, you need to get more familiar with the workings of gov't. There is not enough room to list all things that the gov't has accomplished by intervening on behalf of the middle class and/or poor in this country. Apparently you need to be more familiar with the government and what it does. There isn't enough room to list the ways government screws people or wastes money or places burdens on the economy. It does many things good bad and indifferent. It isn't some unmitigated champion you would like to paint it as. There have been a lot of positive government interventions but in general the less the government intervenes the better. Tim