explicit govt monopoly rent-seeking (law abuse)

Steve Schear schear at lvcm.com
Sat Jan 5 23:34:44 PST 2002


At 01:16 PM 1/5/2002 -0800, Petro wrote:
>On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 04:01 PM, Michael Motyka wrote:
>>My favorite is the lottery : can't gamble in your own home but they can
>>run a statewide casino - how are they different from the mafia?
>
>         The mafia at least pays lip service to the concept of Honor.


When there is no justice a State is merely big scale exploitation, just 
like a gang of thieves is a miniature kingdom.
-- Augustin





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