From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:02:50 +0800
To: Jonathon Blake <grafolog@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: CryptoAnarchy: What's wrong with this picture?
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At 08:50 PM 4/28/96 +0000, Jonathon Blake wrote:
>	Jim:
>
>On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:
>
>> Government feeds on its own size; once government is dramatically reduced 
>> below its current size, it will become even less able to resist further 
>
>	The only true part of this paragraph is that government feeds	
>	on its own size.  
>
>> contraction.  Probably few government employees realize this.
>
>	What was the name of that government department that was
>	created to obtain and store Helium for the US dirigible 
>	fleet?   And just how recently was it abolished.

I don't see that what you said challenged what I said.  For most of this century, government (and in particular, the Federal government) has been on a fast-track to expansion.  Only quite recently has this expansion begun to slow.  I was referring to contractions to come; not to contractions (if any?) that have occurred in the past.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com