Quote from PiggyBank:
Good laws are not an infringement of anyone's freedom. To say "you can't commit murder", is not violating anyone's freedom because murder itself is an 'infringement' on another person's freedom. On the flip side, saying "you can't smoke that blunt", or "you can't drink that soda", or "you can't sell your vag", IS an infringement on the freedom of those individuals. The phrase "Your freedom ends where the next person's begins" or however it goes, is a good test for any law imo.
Quote from RCG Trader:
You know wjk, you are a reasoned fellow. Does gov always know best.
Yes.
Quote from pspr:
OHH! RCG. You didn't really say that, did you?
We have a representative government in the hopes that reasoned representatives and the courts won't go along with a democratic majority that wants to trample on the Constitutional rights of a few.
That has not worked out well on many occasions.
And, we haven't even touched on the efficiency (lack there of) when government begins to run public projects.
Quote from pspr:
Much more perfect than what we have now. This isn't working for anyone but the welfare queens.
Quote from RCG Trader:
You know wjk, you are a reasoned fellow. Does gov always know best.
Yes.
Gov is a collection of the people it governs in a democratic society.
If the gov does something, and the people accede to it, then that is what the people want. No?