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   From: briquenoir@freeuk.c0m   
      
   Guy wrote in message   
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   > "uri" wrote in message   
   > news:1174488952.794315.106440@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...   
   > >I don't mind a small government but currently the government is too   
   > > big and has too many functions:   
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   > > 1. The making of laws and rules.   
   > > 2. The making of prisons and detention facilities.   
   > > 3. Traffic law and driver licensing   
   > > 4. Mental health laws and involuntary commitment   
   > > 5. Immigration policies   
   > > 6. Monetary policy and the administration of the money system.   
   > > 7. Educational policy, college admissions and standardized testing   
   > >   
   > > If there is any government at all, then socialism or communism is the   
   > > best form of government. A smaller government means more individual   
   > > freedom and less inequality in terms of power. Communism wants to do   
   > > away with the vast inequalities in terms of money income, property and   
   > > power.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Socialist/Communist governments are bigger by default.   
      
   Default from what? Oh, you mean compared to the miniscule almost   
   non-existent governmental apparatus in places like theUSA?   
      
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   > Guy   
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