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The U.S. never had small government
Taxes and public investment: less intrusive than alternatives |
Gar Lipow |
03 Apr 2008 |
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| Occasionally, as happened on one of my posts, someone will mention the early 20th century and before as a happy era when small government was the rule. These people are confusing low taxes with small government. Government has played a huge role in the U.S. since it became a nation. It's just that for much of its lifespan, the U.S. used military force to wipe out Native American nations and take their land. That extremely valuable land was then used to subsidize develop ... |
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