tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4997276530331051396..comments2024-03-18T23:24:35.194-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Tales From the Over Regulated State - A SeriesSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-90842694780372474382012-04-15T10:45:53.993-04:002012-04-15T10:45:53.993-04:00I know the story about the $4 million dollar bunni...I know the story about the <a href="http://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2011/05/small-furry-story-from-police-state.html" rel="nofollow">$4 million dollar bunnies</a>. The last I heard the feds backed of the $90,000 per bunny fine and were in the range of $300 each. Still way too much, but they "clearly acted stupidly", to quote fearless leader. <br /><br />On a more serious note, I hadn't seen Friday's executive order attempt to shut down natural gas production<br /><br />These guys really need to go. Can't be too soon.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-53673122968914423172012-04-15T08:24:05.028-04:002012-04-15T08:24:05.028-04:00As I've oft quoted, "We are our own worst...As I've oft quoted, "We are our own worst enemy"Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30465001906080716492012-04-15T04:00:10.877-04:002012-04-15T04:00:10.877-04:00"Their thinking goes like this: large busines..."<i>Their thinking goes like this: large businesses can give us more money. Large businesses don't like small businesses. Let's create laws that small businesses can't afford. That will destroy them and allow the large businesses to make more money, which we can demand in tribute.</i>"<br /><br />You've got it exactly backwards: The <i>government</i> doesn't write these laws, they just pass them. They're written by industry lobbyists and handed whole cloth to the legislators who "sponsor" them.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-30061912546959044542012-04-15T02:54:49.671-04:002012-04-15T02:54:49.671-04:00Fairly recently, a couple was going to be fined cl...Fairly recently, a couple was going to be fined close to two hundred thousand dollars (IIRC) for selling too many rabbits. Some regulation they were unaware of - and which was completely absurd - fined them thousands of dollars per rabbit. (I've probably got the numbers completely wrong, but you get the idea.)<br /><br />Several years back, I recall reading about some monks who built caskets for those who could not afford them for their deceased loved ones. The funeral service industry in their state complained, and sicced the state regulatory apparatus upon them, forcing them to cease and desist. I seem to recall they were trying to fight the issue, or get a waiver, but I never heard the outcome.<br /><br />It isn't about income, its about control. And now, it isn't simply about control, but about destroying the economy so that socialism, Marxism, can be fully implemented in this country, rather than only "mostly" implemented, as it currently is. <br /><br />Little Barry and his Commiczars won't be satisfied until America has been brought to her knees. (BO's latest Executive order will suffocate shale gas production by placing it under the regulatory control of a number of Federal agencies: http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45984 <br />and: http://sonofsoylentgreen.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/shale-gas-to-be-made-illeagal-now-too/RegTnoreply@blogger.com