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Episode 169: John Stossel Joins Words and Numbers Pt. 1

Words & Numbers

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The Fear of Government Regulation

In my world, there's lots of fear still. I hope it's dissipating. But crisis is the friend of the state. We got the new deal during the Depression. Government grew, all this grows during wars. There's no market incentive to behave well. My smoke goes to somebody else's lungs. My sewage goes to someone else's yard. Through the EPA, they got the rivers and the air much cleaner. Since then, it's only grown because government only grows.

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