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To: Sturm Ruger

from Steyn’s article: [President Calvin Coolidge] “was a magnificent tax-cutter, and he vetoed hugely popular farm-subsidy bills on the grounds that, “if the government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. While in theory it is to serve the public, in practice it will be very largely serving private interests. It comes to be regarded as a species of government favour, and those who are the most adroit get the larger part of it.” “

Boy, could we use some of that thinking today.


6 posted on 10/27/2007 5:37:49 PM PDT by ddtorquee
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To: ddtorquee

I wish more people could actually put together sentences like that today.


10 posted on 10/27/2007 7:34:21 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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