The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
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Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.
We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.
Prosperity comes from the private sector.
Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.
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.
Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.
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.
But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.
More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.
Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more.
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