Milton Friedman Quote 

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."

by:
Milton Friedman
(1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, "ultimate guru of the free-market system"
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Government then improves the program, making it even worse, more costly, and less efficient.
 -- Joe, Rochester, MI
 
lol and yes to both Friedman and Joe
 -- Mike, Norwalk
 
Who could disagree with any of these three comments? Not an American, only a socialist or a communist!
 -- helorat, Milton
 
... notice the lack of socialist comment?
 -- Joe, Rochester, MI
 
And that is the TRUE danger -- agencies like the CIA, FBI, FEMA, BATF, IRS, FDA, DEA, and on and on -- these organizations are untouched by elections and merely grow and grow without oversight until we live in a police state that has its boot on our face forever.
 -- E Archer, NYC
 
Governments do love to try to "program" us.
 -- Ken, Allyn, WA
 
There the rodent goes again, claiming that all who disagree with it are not Americans... what a vile creature... I think it will never mature into a real human being.
 -- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
 
ATF and DEA should both be disbanded immediately.
 -- Eric, Wichita, KS
 
Statism has, time and time again, proved to be inferior to a libertarian viewpoint. Libertarian milieus have created more and hurt fewer people than totalitarian, statist, Socialist or Communist regimes ... whether Left or Right.
 -- Sev, Princeton
 
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