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| Chris | Feb 26 2012, 12:15 AM Post #1 |
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Stossel, revealing how government regulation harms people. I Tried to Open a Lemonade Stand
Admittedly we in the US have it better than other countries. As Hernando de Soto, as economist, points out:
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| Pat | Feb 26 2012, 01:16 AM Post #2 |
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This ties into the fact that when life itself is examined, the entire venture was absurd, meaningless. The FDA and county health inspectors embarrass, embarrass, intimidate, and abuse little kids. Then they allow e-coli at Krogers, fail to inspect the meat and foodstuff at border checkpoints. And when a restaurant does comply with licensing and the regulations, they are rarely inspected for compliance. It's about collecting fees, not public safety. I remember my kids selling berries they picked out back and lemonade out by the sidewalk. Had some cop came by and told them to cease, I would have told the cop to either arrest us all now or get lost. This entire subject is absurd. |
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| Chris | Feb 26 2012, 01:43 AM Post #3 |
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You're suffering the ennui of existentialism. Life is naturally ok, it's ventures into designing or redesigning it politically that are absurd. |
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| Pat | Feb 26 2012, 01:47 AM Post #4 |
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Yep, I am suffering, I let my mind get the better of me at times. lol. At my age, you tend to do a lot of self examining and second guessing. It's been a great ride. |
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| Chris | Feb 26 2012, 01:48 AM Post #5 |
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From Over-regulated America: "The home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation"
Edited by Chris, Feb 26 2012, 01:49 AM.
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| Pat | Feb 26 2012, 02:28 AM Post #6 |
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I love it how when you sign your income tax forms, you do so under perjury of law, and that you believe them to be correct under the law. Yet the IRS law and regulations are misunderstood by even those charged with answering our questions, and nobody, and I mean nobody has time on the hands to read the regulations. A catch 22. I've ran into this in property development. Nobody can tell you how to navigate rules and regulations when many contradict each other. The cartoon of Uncle Sam and the blow torch is sobering if you think about it. I would hope that if questioned in private, not a single mayor, policeman, health inspector, tax collector, or citizen wants to close down a kid's lemonade stand. They have boxed themselves in with laws, rules and absurdity. |
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| tomdrobin | Feb 26 2012, 06:51 AM Post #7 |
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So, one incident of lemonade stand overregulation is then used as an excuse to blame all the ills of the country on overregulation. How often does this happen, perhaps one out of a million times? The right wing propoganda machine just won't stop. |
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| Chris | Feb 26 2012, 06:55 AM Post #8 |
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Uh, no, Tom, read again, it was an example of overregulation, an example. |
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| tomdrobin | Feb 26 2012, 06:57 AM Post #9 |
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One lemonade stand experience to pass judgement on the entire US regulatory system. There is a bit more to it than that. But, if an antidote is all the proof you need................. then you probably need to make a close examination of your ability to think objectively. |
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| Chris | Feb 26 2012, 07:03 AM Post #10 |
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Do you know what "example" means? |
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