Thursday, August 27, 2020

Quote of the Day: 27 August 2020

 

“Experience shows that once government undertakes an activity, it is seldom terminated. The activity may not live up to expectation but that is more likely to lead to its expansion, to its being granted a larger budget, than to its curtailment or abolition.” -Milton Friedman
“Experience shows that once government undertakes an activity, it is seldom terminated. The activity may not live up to expectation but that is more likely to lead to its expansion, to its being granted a larger budget, than to its curtailment or abolition.” -Milton Friedman
[The slow accretion of power by the government, at whatever level, is a danger to the freedom of the individual.]

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