“Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.” -Milton Friedman

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nice!

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Friedman's first client in the 1970's was dictator Pinochet of Chile - who murdered 150,000 people.

Why didn't he speak out against government then? Obviously a chance at personal fame was more important to him than life and freedom

Indeed you take responsibility for your own actions. Not having to pass the responsibility to the government.