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From: jball@aluxe.UUCP (BALLARD)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Purpose of Government
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Date: Thu, 29-Dec-83 15:44:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 29 15:44:41 1983
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      To answer Randolph Fritz' second question, the only
permissible purpose of government is to consistently mitigate
the incidence of coercion in human affairs.

                                        jim ballard
                                        BTL-RD