Some extremely interesting and pertinent points are made in this article by Mr Ransom: [This Republic] will be destroyed because people stop following the social contract that we are a nation of laws. ___You don’t like the law? Then change it. __But if you are an elected official sworn to uphold the law, that’s your first and foremost responsibility whether you agree with the law or not. ___ Personally, I’d like to see most laws off the book. And here’s why: We have a system of courts and a body of common law that is already sufficient to deal with most situations. If I pollute property, either public or private, there are laws sufficient to punish me for civil and criminal matters.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:19:27 +0000