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We really do have idiots running our government. This is just one story about the Feds abuse of power, but there are many others.
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The Government's War on the Little Guy; John Stossel | November 20, 2013
Marty the Magician performed magic tricks for kids, including the traditional rabbit-out-of-a-hat. Then one day: "I was signing autographs and taking pictures with children and their parents," he told me. "Suddenly, a badge was thrown into the mix, and an inspector said, 'Let me see your license.'"
In "Harry Potter" books, a creepy Ministry of Magic controls young wizards. Now in the USA, government regulates stage magicians—one of the countless ways it makes life harder for the little guy.
Marty's torment didn't end with a demand for his license. "She said, from now on, you cannot use your rabbit until you fill out paperwork, pay the $40 license fee. We'll have to inspect your home."
Ten times since, regulators showed up unannounced at Marty's house. At one point, an inspector he hadn't seen before appeared. He hoped things had changed for the better.
"I got a new inspector and I said, oh, did my first one retire? She said, 'No, good news! We've increased our budget and we have more inspectors now. So we'll be able to visit you more often.'"
Here are your tax dollars at work.
The inspectors told Marty that the Animal Welfare Act required him to file paperwork demonstrating that he had "a comprehensive written disaster plan detailing everything I would do with my rabbit in the event of a fire, a flood, a tornado, an ice storm."
Animal Welfare Act has been in place since 1966, OP; complete with the fines, regulations, and such outlined in the article. Just thought you should know, since Reason.com failed to mention that
Animal Welfare Act has been in place since 1966, OP; complete with the fines, regulations, and such outlined in the article. Just thought you should know, since Reason.com failed to mention that
That does not removed the shear stupidity of the law and tremendous waste of tax payers money in this case.
Animal Welfare Act has been in place since 1966, OP; complete with the fines, regulations, and such outlined in the article. Just thought you should know, since Reason.com failed to mention that
It certainly was. But it wasn't until recently that the agency in question began writing new rules and interpreting the law to give itself vastly more powers and duties and enforcing far more regulations.
It certainly was. But it wasn't until recently that the agency in question began writing new rules and interpreting the law to give itself vastly more powers and duties and enforcing far more regulations.
The inspectors told Marty that the Animal Welfare Act required him to file paperwork demonstrating that he had "a comprehensive written disaster plan detailing everything I would do with my rabbit in the event of a fire, a flood, a tornado, an ice storm."
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