... is to start reversing all this.
It'll be a big job, but if we don't get stuck in it'll just get worse and worse, until it's impossible to get rid of the burden. Here's hoping President Trump and his crew can at least make a start.
Armor up!
Peter
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Looking forward to Jan 20, 25...
I am going to call BS on that poster. That is a extreme libertarian's wet dream of wrongs. All of those things don't happen everywhere and many are in peculiar localities. Government is a compact between the people in part to provide for the general welfare. I will state that many governments have created excessive regulations where minimal regulation is needed. But all of those "wrongs" have roots in some issues that needed solutions.
Living in Texas I know a bunch of those don't apply. I can collect rain water; I know a few people that do it for their water supply. You can fish without a license in private waters that have not been stocked by the state; state managed waters require a license. I have never had to get permission to own a property; but then I might not get to use it for what I want because it could create a genuine nuisance which is what is regulated. In general in unzoned areas (i.e. outside of city limits), I can build a house or renovate it without asking for permission; however if I am going to insure the said structure, I may have to follow some practices that are enshrined in building codes.
I think it would go far in cleaning the swamp to write a law that any law which pertaining to The People shall pertain to Congress in full, no exceptions.
Of course Congress would not pass such a law let alone write such a bill. So The People MAKE them. Ride em hard. Keep after them. Make their lives miserable until they do pass the bill into law. If any step out of line, scorch them, brand them, get after them and don't let up.
Make it a national tradition. Make it the national sport to keep them scoundrels in line.
Anyway
BillB, then you're the lucky one. Every law, policy, or regulation carries enforcement. That enforcement is up to officers who enjoy wide latitude in their duties.
I can regale you with outlandish code violations but you'd think I'm making it up. Officers can be trite, petty, vindictive, and conspiratorial and often get away with it. Too often it costs the landowner big money to set things right. Already right but costly to get the prick to heel.
Sometimes, the intent of the regulation becomes a fig leaf for outright corruption. When done right most of these are not a bad thing, but all too often the abuse becomes worse than the problem it is trying to solve. To prevent the abuse, more rules get piled on, making it into a morass where it might as well not get regulated at all.
If you ask government to shrink itself, it never will. Stop asking and start voting for libertarians.
Well BillB, having fled from outside Atlanta they took building codes and permits seriously. Also, if you pay property tax, you need the govt's permission to own land and you pay for that permission every year. And don't get me started on food. I have a small farm and our whole food industry has all sorts of issues, many created or aided via govt meddling from local, state and federal levels.
Is zoning nice? In densely populated areas, it's essential, otherwise the rats turn on one another. The debate we have had is where to draw the line. In the guise of public safety the government will always want to regulate more. There is also more reasons to spend tax dollars. So we need the debate. We also need to quit passing laws on the law abiding and enforce the laws we already have on the naerdowells.
PS, a friend working on his CPA did a project and calculated that 70% of his income went to overt and hidden taxes. Hidden taxes are the taxes businesses pay, which is their cost, which they charge you. Businesses do NOT pay tax, you the customer do. You just don't know it.
Until 1934 you could go into your local hardware store and buy a Thompson submachine gun off the shelf, and if they didn't have one on hand you could order one and they'd mail it to your house . . .
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