Dear Editor:
Our original Constitution was contained on four handwritten sheets. The Bill of Rights, Amendments I-X, took another page or two. We have let that grow to over 175,000 pages of federal laws, rules, regulations that make a mockery of our freedoms.
John Stossel recently did a program on how we have let government run totally amok. Current levels of rules and regulations not only discourage business start-ups but they then strangle those entrepreneurs who are brave enough to try and start a business in spite of government.
The program highlighted the plight of some people who had run afoul of the overreaching are of big government.
Mary the Magician uses a rabbit in his act. The USDA told him that in addition to being subject to unannounced inspections of his rabbit's home, he had to develop a written disaster plan to deal with potential problems like hurricanes and tornadoes.
In Washington, D.C., Bill Main started a business. He gives people guided tours while everyone rides a Segway. Government told him that he needs a license to talk on the tour.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated more than 1,500 acres of privately owned land in Louisiana as a critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog. No one has even seen one of the frogs in Louisiana in over 50 years. The owner claims the designation has reduced the value of his land by $30 million.
You may have seen Eustace Conway on TV. He runs a popular camp, called Turtle Creek, in North Carolina. He teaches people how to live a primitive lifestyle. Local government shut him down because his "primitive" camp doesn't meet current building and health codes.
R.J. Bruner started a moving company in Kentucky. The company has the highest satisfaction rating of any moving company on Angie's List. State regulators are trying to shut him down because he needed to file a "Certificate of Necessity" to get approval to start the company. Basically he needed to prove to government that there was a need for his business, and further that it wouldn't hurt existing business. No matter how inefficient your business might be the state wants to protect you from competition.
There is more. If you have the opportunity please take the time to watch the show.
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2472213347001/war-against-the-little-guy/?playlist_id=1794596212001#sp=show-clips
Government doesn't have a revenue problem, it is just to damn big.
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