Illegal Everything

You Gotta See This!!!

American has become a country where no one can know what is legal anymore.  Kids who open lemonade stands or who are selling Girl Scout cookies on their front lawn (this happened in Hazelwood, MO) are now being shutdown by police.  The governments adds over 80,000 pages of rules and regulations every year - it's not surprising the people everywhere are breaking the law without even trying.

Take the time and watch this.

It's incredibly eye opening.  Here are some of the highlights from the video:

"A small businessman spent 6 years in federal prison for breaking Honduran regulations (and, to make it worse, the Honduran government said he didn't)."

"A family in Idaho can't build a home on their land because the EPA says it's a wetland-but it only resembles a wetland because a government drain malfunctioned and flooded it."

"Want to start a taxi business? Too bad - it's illegal. Illegal, that is, unless you buy a government-issued "taxi medallion" that can cost as much as a million dollars. One city has a free market for cabs - Washington, DC - but lobbyists there are pushing to regulate."

"Increasingly, government tells us what we can and can't eat -- bans on trans-fat, happy meals, "raw" foods. California officials raided a raw food club, and arrested clerks for selling unpasteurized milk. Farmer Joel Salatin, author of "Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal," explains why Americans DON'T have the freedom to choose the food they eat."

"Drug use is illegal - but should it be? Where drugs are legal, businessmen replace gangs as the dealers and pay taxes. Portugal decriminalized all drugs 10 years ago--including crack, ecstasy, and heroin. What has happened since then?"

"Our government bans prostitution because people think it's a dirty, dangerous business. But in brothels where prostitution is legal there is no crime or disease."

"In the last few years, cops have arrested and jailed people for taping in public. The arrests are not legal, but they happen anyway."

If you are not going to take the time to view the entire video...at least go to YouTube and see some of the highlights.

This is so terrifying to me.  :-/