Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Great Regulars: If they are really so concerned about

atmospheric CO2 levels, maybe they should help by cutting back on their own emissions of hot air.

The fact is, laws are effective precisely to the degree that they are clear and simple. "Thou shalt not steal" is a mere four words and has stood the test of time for millennia. A piece of legislation that is more than a thousand pages long isn't a statute; it's a make-work project for the nation's trial lawyers. And a legislature than enacts such laws is functioning not as a government, but as a tyranny.

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: Americans regard themselves as citizens, not subjects

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