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I challenge any federal or even most state lawmakers to try and go about their normal lives for even one day without breaking a law. I don't think it can be done by most persons in this nation any longer. As such we are all criminals at the mercy of our supposedly elected masters.

Exactly correct. I am surprised that no one has posted the appropriate quote from "Atlas Shrugged" yet.

I am surprised that no one has posted the appropriate quote from "Atlas Shrugged"

Here ya' go...

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.

                                  - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged 1957