Article: Letters to the Editor

Bob McWilliams

Bob McWilliams' anti government rant in his column, Plain Speaking (The Capital, Oct. 16) is nonsense. Amid a blizzard of criticism of government activities, Mr. McWilliams cites the Annapolis boat shows as the perfect case study of entrepreneurial excellence.

To be sure, our entrepreneurial system serves America well and provides handsome rewards to those who are successful and millions of jobs to others. However, the Annapolis boat shows are hardly support for his claim, "The free marketplace does pretty well without any help from mother government. If fact, if government could just get out of the way, we'd probably all do much better."

The Annapolis boat shows depend on a ...

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