"N2EY" wrote:

But has the country's economy done well because
of the government's influence, or in spite of that
influence?


I guess the answer to that lies in whether you've personally benefited
from that influence or not (or, to some extent, which piece of that
influence you focus on). Certainly corporations and taxpayers aren't always
thrilled by the influence, but those who benefited from the "New Deal,"
cheap transportation on modern highways, the minimum wage, women's
participation in the workplace, and other things that impacted the economy,
may have a slightly different opinion.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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