Government. We seem to be having an extended debate over the question: Is government the problem? This isn’t the right question, in my view. Rather, the right questions are: Can government be a problem? And, if so, when and what can be done about it?
The answer to the first question, whether government is the problem, is “sometimes.” We all must realize that government has done amazing things. The interstate highway system, California’s aqueducts and UC higher education system, the Panama and Suez Canals, national parks, the Internet, a sustained rural power grid, many small city main streets – these accomplishments and others have helped improve quality of life and economic productivity. They would never have happened without the vision, energy, and resources of government. So government can clearly be the solution.
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