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To: mistermj who wrote (20828)	7/27/2012 1:58:33 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

No, you don't get it. It was government that protected us from England, stopped the Robber Barrons of TR and FDR's days, stopped slavery and succession of the south, helped the people during the great depression and gave us the New Deal, saved us from the Nazi's and stopped segregation. And only our democracy can protect us from the very rich and powerful as it did in the early 1900's and 1930's. No other entity has the power. <<You just don't get it Koan. The key is LIMITED government. Expanded government produces the very same elitists and Robber Barrons that take advantage of the masses. Our Founding Fathers weep at your ignorance.

To: mistermj who wrote (20828)	7/27/2012 7:20:14 PM
From: sm1th	4 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

r You just don't get it Koan. The key is LIMITED government. agreed. There is convincing proof that big govt is bad for a country. " The Swedish economists focused their study on the relationship in rich countries by measuring government size as either total taxes or total expenditures relative to GDP. Using a very sophisticated econometric approach under this criterion, they revealed a consistent pattern showing government size has a significant negative correlation with economic growth. Their results indicate “an increase in government size by ten percentage points is associated with a 0.5% to 1% lower annual growth rate.” Complete paper at hoisingtonmgt.com And Keynsians continue to be surprised at the failure of their stimuli.