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Contracting out libraries and roads and military services are all pretty bad ideas.
FORBES: The Era of Big Government Was Over a Long Time Ago
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Along the main roads, ambulances, fire engines and military trucks piled high with supplies waited in long lines, some turning back to try other routes when roads were impassable.
NPR: China Rushes Relief After Sichuan Quake Kills 180
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Not since a military government quartered the Amazon basin with roads, dams and settlements in the 1970s has Brazil seen such a row over the rainforest.
ECONOMIST: Energy in Brazil
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And it says that it's going to follow up the military operations with development activity, things like roads and schools, to increase people's confidence in the central government.
NPR: Afghanistan Update: New Offensive Targets Taliban
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With most Afghan roads too dangerous to drive, military and diplomatic operations in Afghanistan are supported by a range of contract aviation firms, often staffed by expatriate pilots and flight assistants.
WSJ: Kabul Attack Sparked by Video Kills 12
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While filming, the crew were escorted by South Korean military officers, able to travel off the few roads only under the guidance of carefully drawn landmine maps.
CNN: Beyond the barbed wire: the accidental paradise of the DMZ
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Roads are jammed, and the main airport is often a military target.
FORBES: Flight To Safety
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On Sunday, ambulances, fire engines and military lorries piled high with supplies were waiting in long lines along blocked roads in the province.
BBC: China quake: Rescuers reach remote damaged villages
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His approval ratings have dipped, and the Washington power-broker has been spending rather more time in Texas than he used to: opening a new office, announcing money for new roads, posing for photographs to celebrate federal funding for new military hardware.
ECONOMIST: Attack him, and he just gets meaner��and stronger
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Government ought to only oversee what preserves the inalienable rights resident in our persons and property: fire, police, military and foreign diplomacy, the legal infrastructure and certain other functions difficult for markets to coordinate such as roads.
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