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When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is
very careful how much he spends and how he spends it.
When a man spends his own money to buy something for someone else, he is
still very careful about how much he spends, but somewhat less what he spends it on.
When a man spends someone else’s money to buy something for himself, he is
very careful about what he buys, but doesn’t care at all how much he spends.
And when a man spends someone else’s money on someone else, he doesn’t care how much he spends or what he spends it on.
And that’s government for you
Milton Friedman
Nobel Laureate
