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Much of what government does is based on the premise that people can't do things for themselves. So government must do it for them. More often than not, the result is a ham-handed, bumbling, one-size-fits-all approach that leaves the intended beneficiaries worse off. Of course, this resulting failure is never blamed on the political approach -- on the contrary, failure is taken to mean the government solution was not extravagant enough.
We who have confidence in what free people can achieve have long believed that government should not venture beyond its narrow sphere of providing physical security. It should not attempt...
Self-Governance Works
As far as our defeat of communism, my view is that we spend almost 50 years defeating the Soviet Union; let's not adopt their system.
Interestingly enough the Russian media has written extensively on the amusing irony of our accelerated move toward socialism under Obama. Hasn't gone unnoticed abroad even if people here still have their heads in the sand.