Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How about we petition the US Government to limit imports such as cameras? Would we really want that? No! So why do we expect them to do so much else for us? Too much control limits freedom and consequently the incentive required to spur on the economy. While there are exceptions such as Singapore, I would much prefer the US where I can chew gum as I please. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Borden [mailto:jborden@mediaone.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:55 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Totally OT: Buzz's Know-Nothing Tax Rant Marc James Small wrote:> > Oh, I'm stuck living in this fascist society: ... Tell me where the Constitution authorizes > the Federal Government to worry itself with whether trucks are overweight > or whether the environment is healthy or not. > By this logic, the Federal government has no right to regulate the purity and strength of Haldol or Prozac either. Jonathan Borden