Tuesday, September 04, 2007

This is why the Grover Norquist People are Wrong

I get it, you hate government. You're an anti-government type, who hates all taxes and everything the government does is wrong, blah blah blah. Here is the problem, the government serves a useful function in society. Much of our prosperity is attributable to good government policy. Sure the private sector is important, but it is easier for bad policy to kill the private sector than the other way around. This means that government does things it should do like educating people, building infrastructure, regulating industries so the people don't have to...

The problem is that there is a constant under current of wanting to destroy the government through killing its funding. Here is why I think that is a bad idea... It is not a bad thing for the government to be lean, but it is bad when the government does not have enough revenue for stable operation. Arizona should work to ensure consistant funding, so the state can grow...

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