Catch 22: Democracy in Wartime

"In a democracy, the government is the people," Milo explained.  "We're people, aren't we?  So we might just as well keep the money and eliminate the middleman.  Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.  If we pay the government everything we owe it, we'll only be encouraging government control and discouraging other individuals from bombing their own men and planes.  We'll be taking away their initiative." Milo Minderbinder, Catch 22

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