I think it's a great idea! I'm all for it! In fact with this they could
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
-Thomas Jefferson
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That was Jefferson's observation, not his wish. This is a terrible move. It seems that the politicians always want more government and less freedom.
In those days papers were printed by highly opinionated private men, and expressed whatever opinions they had, not just on the op-ed pages; very much like the internet today.
Here is what Jefferson thought of that:
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"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them."
-Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787.
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Originally Posted by Betonov
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
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Amen, brother!
