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To: c.hinton who wrote (1157)	7/17/2008 2:42:48 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 3816

Yes that a problem. Special interests push all sorts of actions, and then sometimes the general population of voters pushes either highly specific types of interventions, or just a general "do something" without the something being specific, but with non-interventionist policies being likely to satisfy or placate the demand for action. If extensive government regulation or taxes, have clearly caused the problem, than deregulation and/or tax cuts can satisfy the "Do something" imperative, but that isn't always the case.