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The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.

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Cal Thomas
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 2
Columnist
Journalist
Radio Personality
Washington
District of Columbia
John Calvin Thomas
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Hurricane

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