Democracy begins with freedom of choice and popular opinions, views, and the overwhelming will of the people. It dies with morbidly obese government beauracracies and endless lines of redtape, laws, and regulation, with each toothpick removing a liberty from the people. Now before you answer this question, do not attack any of the popular views we are discussing here. It is out of the scope of this question. We are only dealing with the issue, and the popular opinion, whether you like it or not…
1. The people voted against gay marriage… A small panel of judges at the supreme court deemed that ban unconstitutional and overturned a majority opinion of MILLIONS of americans.
2. California has enacted title 24 which forces homes to use a specific light bulb to save energy and minimize environmental impact. It is illegal for me to put a normal bulb in my own home? Irony? The mercury in the "e-safe" bulb creates twice the environmental impact if not properly disposed of…
3. Ready for a federally mandated 55MPH speed limit? I didn’t think so… The overwhelming majority of Americans would not want the federal government mandating speed limits (something that should rest with the state and local counties), and make our commutes any longer than they already are… But get ready for it, because they are planning it whether you like it or not… Legislature no longer cares what we want, but rather what they think we need. This is not democracy.
4. In my small town, the local city government spent ,000 to pay an artist to paint a picture mural on a wall no larger than 60ft by 20 ft. No one voted for this, nor endorsed this allocation of funds.
5. It is illegal to build chimneys in new homes in California.
6. We have more oil in tennesee, offcoast florida, and alaska than the middle east ever did. Yet… We won’t drill for it because of a few environmentalists.
7. My gosh the list goes on and on. The government restricts more of our lives everyday!
And because this economy and its future depends on inflation, the trend will continue. Companies will continue farming money outside of the United States because the government lets OUT of control lawyers and ridiculous factions like the EEOC make it IMPOSSIBLE to create jobs in the US. There is no incentive for a SMB owner to even want to hire people in the US anymore. We demand ridiculous ransoms for a very minimal amount of work, crazy vacations and benefits, threaten lawsuits when things don’t go our way, and have to deal with the government basically telling us exactly what we can and cannot do. For the gentleman who commented about NAFTA and shifting jobs to Mexico, you are COMPLETELY NAIVE if you think you wouldn’t have done the same… Try running a business in this country for six months… It is ridiculously difficult. If I didn’t love California so much, I’d move my business to Mexico too! If I create the job, I want to decide the specs about it. No one has to take the job.
