The government doesn't create wealth of its own; it can only take it from some and distribute it to others or dictate particular public uses of private resources.
Joel MillerTo best serve the public happiness, government shouldn't do things it cannot do well - anymore than Wal-Mart should provide goods and services that people don't like.
Joel MillerLike some great swelling river, the powers of the federal government have today breached their constitutional levees and spilled into countless areas of life never anticipated by the founders.
Joel MillerMarkets are nimble and efficient, gathering the collective but disbursed intelligence of the economy's players and communicating up-to-the-minute realities of prices, product availability, etc. Government is typically cumbersome, plodding, and slow.
Joel Miller