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To: Dale Baker who wrote (407)	6/5/2005 2:01:39 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541355

I have never heard anyone debate the size of government and say, spending should be exactly x% according to my Optimum Government Size Model. And I wouldn't begin to try. I do not think of the size of the government in terms of dollars but in terms of intrusiveness and overhead. Ask the free marketers if they want a legal system so they can sue a customer who doesn't pay for his apple shipment. Why do you need thousands of people regulating apples to assure payment for the apples? For that matter, why do you need a legal system to sue the thief for stealing the apples? All you need is a justice system to put the thief in jail and to oversee the recovery of your apples, if they're still viable, and insurance, a market entity, to compensate you if the apples are not.