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    "title": "Asking The Government To \"Do Something\" Is Not Scientific",
    "author": "pmjones",
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            "title": "Government",
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    "created": "2013-01-16 02:29:55 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>What science is it that assures you that government officials will, in such situations, act impartially and for the public good rather than politically and for special-interest groups?\u00c2\u00a0 What objective and established proof, or even plausible hypothesis, have you that the very same knowledge, free-rider, and transaction-cost problems that promote the negative externality to begin with do not also operate \u00e2\u0080\u0093 or operate with even greater force \u00e2\u0080\u0093 to distort decision-making by government officials?\u00c2\u00a0 I believe that history and science reveal that the answer to both questions in typical situations is \u00e2\u0080\u009cnone.\u00e2\u0080\u009d</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http://cafehayek.com/2013/01/more-scientific-than-thou.html\">More Scientific Than Thou</a>.</p>\n"
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