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To: Road Walker who wrote (417544)	9/17/2008 11:26:23 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587095

So you find one economist that disagrees with the idea. I can find more for you if you want. So what? Contrary to the romantic claims about the nation's laissez-faire past, American history is a story of government intervening, time and again, to support growth. Often to negative effect. the idea that government cannot be of help That's mostly attacking a straw man. or that taxes are not worth paying Again, attacking a strawman And there will be no rich nation in the future that can stay wealthy without robust government, either. A robust government doesn't require a very large and intrusive government or high taxes. Of course there will probably be no rich nation (or at least no rich large nation) in the foreseeable future that will stay wealthy without a large and intrusive government and fairly high taxes, but that's because no large rich nation will move to having a small less intrusive government, not because one will do so, and by doing so become not rich.