On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:14:55 -0400, Gary Coffman wrote:


The purpose of government is to protect its citizens, but at least in
non-socialist nations that doesn't include "protecting" them from
choosing with whom they do business. In the US, we have the
right to *pursue* happiness, we don't have a right to have it handed
to us by government.
The aim of every government is to perpetuate itself. Anything else is an
extra.
--
Neil
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