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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Democratic checks on monopoly of Govt.
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Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 02:45:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  4 02:45:00 1985
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>/* orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) / 11:55 am  Jul  1, 1985 */

>Congresspersons are particularly anxious
>to help cut bureaucratic red tape to help their constituents because
>they know this wins votes.

You must have arrived at this conclusion mystically, because the facts
certainly don't support it.

>Nor do I think that solely private efforts would reduce poverty and
>hunger.

You mean that solely private efforts would not reduce poverty and hunger
to a level which you believe is proper, not that solely private efforts
would not reduce poverty and hunger at all as your statement implies,
don't you?

>The fact is that before the Great Society programs millions
>of Americans went hungry.  Now very few people go hungry.

This is not sufficient evidence from which to draw this conclusion.
You have overlooked the fact (among others) that we are a much wealthier
nation today.
 
>On the other hand what check is there on a Standard oil which controls
>%100 of the oil market?

Tim, the management of Standard Oil wants you to come down to the next
stockholders' meeting and repeat that. :-)
  
>        tim sevener  whuxl!orb

						Mike Sykora