But the compensation requirement served to discipline the public's appetite as well, for without it, the demand for public goods would in principle be infinite. That is exactly what has happened today. Without the discipline that is provided by the compensation requirement, regulations have grown and grown.
"The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. -- Frederic Bastiat
""The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. -- Frederic Bastiat"