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“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” ― Milton Friedman
by maverick_iceman 10y ago
“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”
― Milton Friedman
- stephenr 10y agoSo your defence of this uniquely American behaviour, is a quote, by an American. Congratulations, you've just won the Internet award for redundant commentary. The U.S. is alone in the way it does a lot of things, which they claim are impossible/impractical, while a large percentage of the rest of the developed world, just does them. - Gun Control - Health Care - The Metric system - A political system that isn't completely corrupted and driven by money. A couple of million (dollars/pounds) is sort of average spending for a political party to spend on TV adverts for an election in Australia/UK. The US parties/candidates are expected to spend 4.4 BILLION dollars on adverts for this year's election. [1] [2] [3] 1: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-24/election-campaign-advertising/7400826 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-24/election-campaign-adve... 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35687956 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35687956 3: http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/19/432759311/2016-campaign-tv-ad-spending http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/19/432759...