The most revealing thing I’ve read today:

October 13th, 2007 Elliot

An editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains the line:

The Legislature was elected to create a spending plan for the state.

Untrue.

Legislatures are elected to govern.

Sometimes that involves spending money.

The evil assumption that spending money is government’s main purpose is one of the reasons why big government and its many accomplices must be resisted at every turn.

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4 Comments Add your own

  • 1. pjr&hellip  |  October 13th, 2007 at 10:30 am

    Very nice.

  • 2. Some Essentials to Peruse&hellip  |  October 13th, 2007 at 10:53 am

    [...] The most revealing thing I‚Äôve read today: – From Where I Sit [...]

  • 3. BobG&hellip  |  October 13th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    “The evil assumption that spending money is government‚Äôs main purpose is one of the reasons why big government and its many accomplices must be resisted at every turn.”

    Exactly, since it leads to the conclusion that the other purpose of government is to collect money from people in the first place.

  • 4. The Asian Badger&hellip  |  October 14th, 2007 at 10:08 am

    The MJS EdBoard….loves to spend your money.

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