A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration is effective and in the second it is inefficient.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Governments are run by people. People can be bad.
Individuals usually do a better job than the government.
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
Besides being a prime cause of poor economic growth, poor governance breeds corruption, which cripples investment, wastes resources, and diminishes confidence.
Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.
Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.
Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.
Government is dysfunctional.
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.
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