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   From: briquenoir@freeuk.c0m   
      
   Guy  wrote in message   
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   > "Michael Price"  wrote in message   
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   > > On Jun 17, 7:46 am, "brique"  wrote:   
   > >> 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   
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   > >> > > If there is any government at all, then socialism or communism is   
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   > >> > > best form of government. A smaller government means more individual   
   > >> > > freedom and less inequality in terms of power. Communism wants to   
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   > >> > > away with the vast inequalities in terms of money income, property   
   > >> > > and   
   > >> > > power.   
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   > >> > Socialist/Communist governments are bigger by default.   
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   > >> 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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   > >  Well yes, they are big compared to the current US government.   
   > > They have to be to stop people acting in ways that serve their   
   > > own interests.   
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   > Exactly.  You need people standing over other people to make sure and to   
   > force the workers to produce their quota in goods and services.   
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   oh, you mean foremen, supervisors, chargehands, assistant managers, shift   
   supervisors, and such...... yeh, terrible the way the poor worker gets   
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