Great argument against the Bill of Rights, too.
When people are too free, they don't appreciate it. Turn all their rights into privileges and sell them, and marvel at the improvement! So many dollars for habeas corpus, so many dollars to be registered to vote. Fist-class citizenship $40,000/year; second-class, $5000, and so on. Right down to the economy plan, where somebody owns you and works your back over with a whip every day.
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In fact, the U.S. Constitution specifically gives the Federal government the authority to "regulate interstate commerce," and to build and maintain "post roads," ports and harbors -- and that's about all. Anything above and beyond that -- including the construction of a "free" system of highways -- was never part of the deal.
When people are too free, they don't appreciate it. Turn all their rights into privileges and sell them, and marvel at the improvement! So many dollars for habeas corpus, so many dollars to be registered to vote. Fist-class citizenship $40,000/year; second-class, $5000, and so on. Right down to the economy plan, where somebody owns you and works your back over with a whip every day.< / sarc >
I was listening to Rush's guest host today in the first hour. He was talking about Diane Sawyer's interview with the Iranian President. While discussing that, he mentioned another report that Diane Sawyer had done on North Korea. She was showing their orderly schools and condemned American schools for the expression of "individuality" that can make it so difficult to teach young people. If only they could be put into rows and made to follow orders, it would be more efficient.