| Non Sequor said:
Duly noted. But other people may feel differently. Different people have different ideas about how government should behave. The question is, will this law create good or bad incentives? So far we've seen at least one bad one, but there may be good ones yet to reveal themselves. You've got to give them the time it takes to figure out if they've screwed it up better or screwed it up worse. The democrats have won four years in the sand box so let's give them some time to see if they can build anything that will stay up. Let the people get what they asked for and we'll see if they like it when they do. The only things that should be completely out of consideration are ideas which cannot be justified without using the phrase "the ends justify the means." That's when you know someone is going to do something monstrous and horrible. |
To the bold:
This is why we have the constitution. To protect us from this. When we put people in office, and give them the authority to tell us what's best for us, of pass laws to shape our lives in the direction they want us to live, we lose our liberties.
As for the "ends justifies the means", 85% of the country thought so when we went to war in Iraq. Does that make it right?
It's not a question of giving them time to figure out if it's better or worse, it's about should they even have the authority to play a role. Yes, there will be positive outcomes for many.
What you lose, is a little more liberty... we lose a little more with every law that passes. Once lost, you can never get it back. A few more quote from the greatest American who ever lived:
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. - John Adams
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. - John Adams
But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. - John Adams
Every child who leaves school, should know who this man was, and what he meant to the United States. I would be shocked in 20% of americans know much about him.
