Dennis, you are right that these examples (." water, sewer," ) were not invented by government.
We had a perfectly good system when flushing the night-wastes meant throwing the contents of
the chamber-pot out the window, and sewage flowed freely in the streets. You had to own a well in order
to get drinking water that wouldn't kill you. I think one of the first tyrannies of local government had to be providing a community well for safe drinking water. Its been downhill ever since for public welfare.
Stop Gubmint Kleptocracy! Fight for Freedom! Bring back Street-Sewage!
Bob Treumann, Como.
At 02:41 PM 5/3/2005, Dennis Tester wrote:
Because government wouldn't be government if it weren't constantly looking for things to tax and regulate. Notice that none of the examples you mentioned were invented or created by government. They only butted in so they could control its distribution for the purposes of regulation and taxation in in the name of "the people."
Government's view of the economy: "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it." - Ronald Reagan
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