Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?
It is an old story: The government rushes in to fix a problem of its own making, enlarging its role in the economy and society ever more, and setting the stage for a bigger problem, bigger rescue and more encroachment in the future ("Lehman's Legacy: Government's Trial and Error Helped Stem Financial Panic," page one, Sept. 14).</br></br>Look how the brave central bankers, politicians and regulators have saved us! But who will save us from them? Eventually, we will have to save ourselves.</br></br>Thomas A. Shively</br></br>Wayland, Mass.</br></br>---