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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
The idea that a nanny government needs to take care of the people from cradle to grave violates the founding principles of our country and has directly caused our current economic depression.
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Well, not really. Stupid people buying houses they can't afford. Financial companies inventing new products that produce wealth from thin air. The government failing to regulate those products and pulling back on other regulations and some very bad business ideas helped cause our current economic depression.
There are some that would say our current depression is right in line with what the founding fathers wanted. A lack of regulation left the market free to do as it pleased and then eventually it collapsed (as it always does). That is what a free market is all about, boom for a while, bust for a while.