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Old 03-07-2008, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Slippery View Post
the regulative principle of gov't.

Don't want to sidetrack this thread, but what about infrastructure? Should the govt spend money on roads, canals, highways etc?
I would argue that there is Biblical warrant for the state spending money on roads, as there needed to be roads between the cities of refuge in Israel and so people could get to towns were justice was administered.
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