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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Financing the government of a free s
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 12:47:06 EDT
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> > Just because the government offers contract enforcement services doesn't
> > mean that nobody else will.  Indeed, the government is so bad at this that
> > arbitration groups are becoming increasingly popular.
> 
> That's certainly true.  The Mafia, for example, has very effective ways
> of enforcing their contracts.
> 
> But since I believe that the government should have a legal monopoly
> on the use of force against people, it should not be legal for anyone
> but the government to enforce contracts.

The original comment referred to *arbitration* groups, not the Mafia.
You are also comparing the Mafia forcing people to abide by (usually
coerced) contracts *in which they have a financial interest*, as opposed
to an impartial observer.