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Why Government Is the Problem

Friedman discusses a government system that is no longer controlled by "we, the people." Instead of Lincoln's government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," we now have a government "of the people, by the bureaucrats, for the bureaucrats," including the elected representatives who have become bureaucrats.

Subject
economicspoliticsbiographyphilosophybusiness
Themes
politicseconomics
Setting
20th centuryUSA
Audience
adult
Length
short · 18 pages

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