I must admit that I am reluctant to post this link as the subject covers numerous actions by governmental officials which I find personally disgusting. But, we need to be aware of the laws and the impact of the laws have on so many of our fellow citizens. Thanks to the actions of our lawmakers, prostitution, sex trafficking, rape, drug dealing, pimping, and more will be easier to commit. The first rule of any law should be: will it make the lives of our citizens better and easier? Somehow, this rule never seems to enter the minds of so many governmental officials.
Unfortunately, we have politicians who either are openly evil (yes, I did write that moral statement) or stupid which is easier to believe. They either are more concerned about the 1-5% of the population they represent or simply do not give a damn about the other 95-99% of humanity. While they may pass laws that seem to satisfy their perceived version of reality, they seem to remain woefully ignorant of the rest of society and humanity.
How is it that single individuals can wield such power? Is that individual amazingly brilliant or at least more intelligent than others? Is their rhetoric so convincing? Or are they simple surrounded by fools and buffoons who are so cut off from the realities of the concept of cause and effect that they have no concept of the consequences of their actions? I have to say, that as we seem to have a professional political class which has little contact with those they claim to represent, it must be the latter. Our politicians by and large, do not have any idea what it is like not to have a free car which has free fuel, who are provided security at no cost and who have little if any accountability. Seldom if ever do they deal as you in the everyday world without a staff of highly paid sycophants who commend their every utterance. You, the average citizen are left to deal with the policies they create which cost you tax dollars, which lower the quality of your living, which degrade the city in which you live and which make your life more difficult.
The attached article is about the direction that California is going, but believe me, if history is any indicator, it may be the direction for your town, city, state, etc.
