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There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.

— Steve Forbes

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

— Thomas Sowell

It is a very bad idea for governments to create arbitrary and unfair outcomes, or outcomes resulting from the passions and whims of the government rather than from the law, just because they have the power to do so.

— Paul Singer

The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable.

— John Stossel

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

— Jesse Ventura

We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.

— Mitch Daniels

A lot of people are deeply dissatisfied by the diminishing control they have over their lives, because of the way our system of government is set up, to cater to the powerful, cater to the wealthy, cater to the corporations, and not to the individual American citizen.

— Josh Fox

We have gotten to the point where everything the government does is counterproductive; the conclusion, of course, is that the government should do nothing at all, that is, should retire quickly from the monetary and economic scene and allow freedom and free markets to work.

— Murray Rothbard

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?

— Ron Paul

✗Opposing Perspectives

What do you think, what people want from their governments? Simple. A better life for themselves and for their children. Government that is fair, just and responsible.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.

— Thomas Sowell