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"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, ..." - ‪Milton Friedman‬

Posted by GaltsGulch 8 years, 7 months ago to Pics
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"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." - ‪Milton Friedman‬


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  • Posted by SaltyDog 8 years, 7 months ago
    It's odd...every time I used to see that Barney Frank and Chris Dodd were up to something I'd think of that exact quote. They were both poster children for fiscal and financial incompetence.
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  • Posted by strugatsky 8 years, 7 months ago
    Marx recognized that a century and a half ago. The Government needs to create a dialectic in order to exist. Struggle is part of the nature of government; otherwise, who would need it? Where struggle doesn't exist, it will be created.
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