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By Georg* Peck
Where Government (federal, state or local) is competing with private enterprise, in all too many cases Government is doing so at a loss, making up such deficit from the general tax fund. It follows then that where Government is competing with private enterprise and operating at* a loss, it is engaging in an unfair competitive practice, one which is undermining the economic and social foundations of the naton, while at one and the same time increasing taxes oit'the private enterprisers themselves and on the general public..
Where Government competes with private enterprise at a loss, all of the people are forced to pay a share of that loss, while only those who purchase or utilize such govemmentally produced goods and services actually obtain any benefit. This is unconstitutional— it abridges the right of the people > to make their own choiee as to what they shall purchase. It forces many people to pay through taxation for things that they themselves either cannot use, or would* prefer to purchase elsewhere.
History reveals that there are many reasons why it is impossible for a government to carry on a business as effectively and economically as it can be done by a privately-owned and privately-? operated company. The principal one of these reasons is that when Government owns and operates a business, it is forced to set up a bureaucracy. This bureaucracy, in spite of the efforts of those in government, who may have executive ability, inevitably'becomes involved in a network of red tape that makes for delay, waste end extra expense.
Perhaps the most serious consequence that usually follows gov
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