Galt's Gulch

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  • Posted by LITTLERED1977 10 years, 5 months ago
    Paraphrasing the old adage, "The government that governs the least, governs best" . This would not apply to several if not all of the recent administrations. My primary complaint with the Bush 43 admin was his attempt to outspend the Dems.
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    • Posted by MattFranke 10 years, 5 months ago
      I heartily accept the motto- " That government is best which governs least;" and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which I also believe,- "That government is best which governs not at all;" and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.

      Henry David Thoreau -- 1847 "Resistance to Civil Government" or "Civil Disobedience"
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 5 months ago
    No....it's because he's making an arsenal for future arrests. Make so many laws it will be impossible to survive without breaking some. He's banking his ammo.
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    • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 5 months ago
      Primary reference of course is to AS, as quoted and amended at
      http://www.mind-trek.com/articles/t12d.h...

      Says the bureaucrat Floyd Ferris: "You honest men are such a problem and such a headache. But we knew you'd slip sooner or later . . . [and break one of our regulations] . . . this is just what we wanted."

      Rearden: "You seem to be pleased about it."

      Bureaucrat Ferris: "Don't I have good reason to be?"

      Rearden: "But, after all, I did break one of your laws."

      Bureaucrat Ferris: "Well, what do you think they're there for?"

      Continues bureaucrat Ferris: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against . . . We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted [Frederick Mann: Obfuscation of meaning is a key element of the con games bureaucrats and politicians play.] - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." [emphasis added]
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 5 months ago
    In this case, he merely wants more laws to limit the populace from owning guns so that they can be cowed that much more easily.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 5 months ago
    well, that's the one thing I have to give him kudos for.

    He's not enforcing unConstitutional laws.

    Who'da thunk...
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