Mises Daily
Author:
Steve H. Hanke
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As the U.S. confronts a new crisis, the opportunists are once again playing the system and exploiting it for their own ends. Much of the growth of government in the U.S. and elsewhere occurs as a direct or indirect result of national emergencies such as wars and economic depressions. Laws are enacted, bureaus are created, and budgets are enlarged.