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To: Rarebird who wrote (117126)	3/14/2016 9:30:27 PM
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"Government which governs least governs best" means that the Government should stop spending money like a shopaholic who thinks that throwing money at every situation or problem is the answer. Spending needs to be cut back drastically, domestically and for defense. OK, so this explanation seems to be mostly abstract, except in the idea of reducing spending "domestically" and for defense. I can't tell if you are thinking of the US or Canada or both, or maybe some third country. I agree that governments shouldn't spend money like a shopaholic. I also agree that money isn't always the answer to a problem. I was trying to get a handle on exactly under which circumstances less government is better. I don't think that it would be true in all cases. There are some countries whose governments are so weak that they can't govern at all in some areas and don't have any money to spend domestically or for defense. I think of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Niger, Nigeria, the Central African Republic - to name a few. These represent minimalist governing and they absolutely do not govern best. It seems like you need to have a relatively strong government with a strong tax base before we could being to consider how this type of system could "govern less" than it had been governing. I get that we don't want to be over-regulated, but the complaining types aren't likely to offer much insight. If one doesn't look for some way to falsify an idea, then one is likely to create a confirmation bias for that idea. Anyway, thanks for your input.