Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?
At 08:50 PM 4/28/96 +0000, Jonathon Blake wrote:
Jim:
On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:
Government feeds on its own size; once government is dramatically reduced below its current size, it will become even less able to resist further
The only true part of this paragraph is that government feeds on its own size.
contraction. Probably few government employees realize this.
What was the name of that government department that was created to obtain and store Helium for the US dirigible fleet? And just how recently was it abolished.
I don't see that what you said challenged what I said. For most of this century, government (and in particular, the Federal government) has been on a fast-track to expansion. Only quite recently has this expansion begun to slow. I was referring to contractions to come; not to contractions (if any?) that have occurred in the past. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com
Jim: On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:
For most of this century, government (and in particular, the Federal government) has been on a fast-track to expansion.
I'm glad you read some history books.
Only quite recently has this expansion begun to slow. I was
And even read some current newspapers.
referring to contractions to come; not to contractions (if any?) that have occurred in the past.
But had you learned anything from history, you would have discovered that governments to do not contract in size. The Strategic Helium Reserve was just one contemporary example of how government departments hang around, totally unneeded. xan jonathon grafolog@netcom.com ********************************************************************** * * * Opinions expressed don't necessarily reflect my own views. * * * * There is no way that they can be construed to represent * * any organization's views. * * * ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gr/graphology/home.html * * * * OR * * * * http://members.tripod.com/~graphology/index.html * * * ***********************************************************************
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