I identified four heroes from the “Battle of Ideas” video I shared in late August – Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher. Here’s one of those heroes, Milton Friedman, explaining what’s needed to control big government.
For all intents and purposes, Friedman is pointing out that there’s a “public choice” incentive for government to expand.
To counteract that disturbing trend, he explains that we need a high level of “societal capital.” In other words, we need a self-reliant and ethical populace – i.e., people who realize it’s wrong to use the coercive power of government to take from others.
Sadly, I don’t think that’s an accurate description of today’s United States.
So how, then, can we get control of government?
Since politicians are unlikely to control spending in the short run (their time horizon is always the next election)…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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