Post by shoreman on Nov 7, 2006 16:11:50 GMT -5
Crime is big business, that’s why. In fact, crime is government’s biggest industry.
Surprised to see me say that? It really isn’t all that odd when you consider that the State derives revenue on both sides of the law. Remember, all those licenses and permits you are required to obtain in order to do something are accompanied by fees. While on the flip side, every breech of the never-ending, self-perpetuating, always-growing bureaucracy carries a fine. You are forced to pay in order to abide by the law so you can avoid having to pay for breaking the law.
Consequently, as the beast Bureaucracy has grown, it has become the State’s own self-interest that drives legislators to constantly search for new sources of revenue; thereby, constantly encroaching further into the personal lives of citizens. That’s why 519 laws were passed in my home state a couple of years ago. That is why 500 new laws will probably be passed this year, and again next year, and again the year after that. The only way a government can realize greater income than it does today is either by accelerating tax increases; or, by creating new ways for us to become criminals and providing the appropriately-priced bounties required to avoid becoming criminals. This means that everything you do becomes the State’s business, or so the politicians think. Libertarians, on the other hand, simple say, “It just ain’t none of my business.”
It just ain’t none of my business.
Surprised to see me say that? It really isn’t all that odd when you consider that the State derives revenue on both sides of the law. Remember, all those licenses and permits you are required to obtain in order to do something are accompanied by fees. While on the flip side, every breech of the never-ending, self-perpetuating, always-growing bureaucracy carries a fine. You are forced to pay in order to abide by the law so you can avoid having to pay for breaking the law.
Consequently, as the beast Bureaucracy has grown, it has become the State’s own self-interest that drives legislators to constantly search for new sources of revenue; thereby, constantly encroaching further into the personal lives of citizens. That’s why 519 laws were passed in my home state a couple of years ago. That is why 500 new laws will probably be passed this year, and again next year, and again the year after that. The only way a government can realize greater income than it does today is either by accelerating tax increases; or, by creating new ways for us to become criminals and providing the appropriately-priced bounties required to avoid becoming criminals. This means that everything you do becomes the State’s business, or so the politicians think. Libertarians, on the other hand, simple say, “It just ain’t none of my business.”
It just ain’t none of my business.