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Excerpt from The Business of Government in the State of California If a man in business is successful his family and trade associates benefit, and, if he is the right kind of a man, his community-also; if he fails, then only he, his family and his creditors are directly affected, and, in a long sense, the community, too, perhaps, in not receiving that which might have been given to it under a' happier circumstance. But in, any event, the result is not widespread. Nor is it much greater in the case of a corporation, no matter how large. Government Affects All The, situation is distinctly different, however, when it comes to the opera tions of a government. All the people are concerned. Such an institution does not engage in the business of government for the purpose of earning money for itself, but - Socialism to the contrary notwithstanding - to bring about and maintain conditions so that the people who compose it may, among other things, earn money for themselves. Thus its universal power to aid or harm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.