tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post8140363217649190680..comments2023-09-09T09:26:22.175-04:00Comments on Andrew Samwick's Blog: Limited GovernmentAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-13807647634182484882005-09-02T11:21:00.000-04:002005-09-02T11:21:00.000-04:00I have come to the position that people who believ...I have come to the position that people who believe in limited government are not to be trusted with running a government. Unless you believe in something, you aren't likely to handle the assigned responsibility well. I have always indentified myself as a fiscally conservative Republican but the gang in power absolutely embarass me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-75016179127760736832005-09-02T14:15:00.000-04:002005-09-02T14:15:00.000-04:00On typical days, we argue about where to draw the ...<i>On typical days, we argue about where to draw the line between "essential" and "not needed." A Category 5 hurricane making landfall anywhere is so far over that line that we cannot even see it anymore.</i><br><br>Amen.Bibamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16057199524937145746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-51148528360040563232005-09-02T16:38:00.000-04:002005-09-02T16:38:00.000-04:00So far we're seeing massive government failure...So far we're seeing massive government failures at all levels. The notoriously corrupt New Orleans police force couldn't keep law and order. <br><br>The state that has been ruled by Earl and Huey Long, Richard Leche and Edwin Edwards couldn't mobilize an effective National Guard. <br><br>The Army Corps of Engineers who were given the job--in the wake of 1965's Hurricane Betsy--of designing and building levees to protect the city, built them too low.<br><br>The welfare-mentality citizens who stayed in the city expecting someone else to help them, started shooting at the rescuer helicopters and looting the convoys of supplies.<br><br>Just what a Milton Friedmaniac would expect.Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948365865741313524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-55301768264033172672005-09-02T22:51:00.000-04:002005-09-02T22:51:00.000-04:00All governments by definition are limited. Even S...All governments by definition are limited. Even Soviet Union could not have unlimited government, though Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot came close to it. <br>I assume the title refers to small government. Small government just like big government can be efficient or inefficient. It all depends on the administration running the government. Not since 1814, have we come as close to losing New Orleans.Arun Khannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00283104336139330439noreply@blogger.com