If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom.
John StosselPeople vastly overestimate the ability of central planners to improve on the independent action of diverse individuals. What I've learned watching regulators is that they almost always make things worse. If regulators did nothing, the self-correcting mechanisms of the market would mitigate most problems with more finesse. And less cost.
John Stossel