In an interview earlier this month in the San Francisco Chronicle, Milton Friedman speaks on many issues (enough to madden some of our readers).
Buried in the interview is a gem:
Progress in his goal of rolling back the role of government, he said, is “being greatly threatened, unfortunately, by this notion that the U.S. has a mission to promote democracy around the world,” a big Bush objective.
“War is a friend of the state,” Friedman said. It is always expensive, requiring higher taxes, and, “In time of war, government will take powers and do things that it would not ordinarily do.”