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To: bamahead
Bowles insists he was trying to comply with the hefty volume of federal and state regulations that date from the end of Prohibition, and says he had no idea the eight-ounce sample bottle sitting on his desk when ABC agents came in would lead to a felony charge that could jeopardize his mom-and-pop business.

Did you really think we want those laws observed? said Dr. Ferris. We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with. ('Atlas Shrugged' 1957) {WMail Issue #23}

13 posted on 09/06/2013 7:41:30 PM PDT by wintertime
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To: wintertime

Right on!

That passage from Atlas Shrugged was the founding basis of the IRS.

Now, it’s the founding principle of Obamacare.

No matter what, the government can prove that you broke some law that you were not even aware of.

It’s called control via fear and it works very well in today’s Gestapo.


20 posted on 09/07/2013 4:34:19 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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