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To: governsleastgovernsbest

There’s a difference between regulate and control.

Government can be useful in curbing excesses and predatory behavior, and then should leave things otherwise alone.

“Control” implies a lot more involvement than that. Who sets the goals? Haven’t we seen in the USSR and Maoist China how top-down central planning misallocates resources to the detriment of the general welfare?


12 posted on 09/05/2015 9:00:45 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Letting gov’t define “excesses and predatory behavior” is not a good idea.


13 posted on 09/05/2015 9:06:45 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Pearls Before Swine

What has happened to the Catholic Church?

Is this what our Lord had in mind in Matthew 16:18, Sister? I think not.


21 posted on 09/05/2015 9:25:46 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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