Destroying America; One Law at a Time:
Good Morning
After I wrote the piece yesterday regarding 5,369,000 people becoming job seekers at the end of May, I picked up the newspaper and there was an article about young people finding jobs very elusive this year.
There are more factors than the economy that have led to low employment for summer jobs. Not the least of which are labor laws. As a young man, I worked for the farmers in our area for $1.00 per hour plus benefits. The benefits were lunch and an occasional jug of root beer of cold watermelon when we came in from the hay fields.
Today, the requirement of minimum wage, tax collection, liability, safety concerns and poor work ethics have nearly ruled out hiring younger people. Having a kid mow our yard exposes us to great liability. Should he or she get injured while on your property, a lawsuit is in order.
Did you check your young mower’s workers comp insurance? What about a liability policy? Did you run them through a safety course? Do you have signs up saying, “Do Not Stick Your Hand or Foot in the Lawnmower?”
I’m sure that labor laws were passed with good intention, but then my old dad use to say that the road to hell is also paved with good intentions. The point is that more laws create the need for more lawyers and fewer real jobs.
Some years back, the general aviation business was literally sued out of existence. Companies like Piper and Cessna at one time closed their doors entirely. Hundreds of thousands of people lost good jobs as the liability became too costly to manage.
These are just a couple of examples of what ails
At some point, sanity has to come back. Our future is in our past for the most part. Americans could and did outperform the world, until our government hijacked the bus. They don’t call ‘em lawmakers for nothing.
American’s have become bound and hogtied with laws of every shape and kind that control nearly every aspect of our personal and business lives. They drag us down and cost us time and jobs. We nearly need permission from the government to go to the bathroom without breaking a law.
How many lawyers are there in the
“I have seen the enemy and it is us.”
“When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty.
When there are too many soldiers, there can be no peace.
When there are too many lawyers, there can be no justice.”
Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese-American writer, translator, and editor.
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There is a reason that most politicians are lawyers..
It’s good for the lawyer business..
WmA
WmA,
Not long ago I pointed out that neither lawyers nor military commanders make good leaders for a free people. Both are schooled in the persuasion that there are winners and losers.
It seems that the Middle America are losers. We need a leader who is neither lawyer or military minded.
Hey Mike, I have always thought that lawyers in Congress were in a conflict of interest. They are creating the laws that they themselves will be enforcing/manipulating. I think that a lot of lawyering is just the “fine” art of bullshitting. Lawyers are just another reason to limit elected officials to no more than 2 terms, require wealth monitoring of their accounts, and some sort of pyscological standards for candidates. A lot of the cretins in Congress, the Executive and Judicial branches would not be there if these and other much needed standards were in place. As usual the problem is breaking the stranglehold that these people have on our government and getting the right people and controls into place. Maybe we need a hunting season for lawyers, generals, and extremists of all kinds. We control herds of deer and flocks of birds that way. Why not these lessor animals that have wrecked so much havoc on us? Have yourself a good one Mike!
Michael,
You bring up a point that I seldom see these days and that is term limits. I used to be fence sitter on that accord, but for many years now have been totally convinced it is absolutely necessary.
Together with campaign finance, this would go a long way to correcting our ills.
There is a place on the ballot for a write in for President and there are new candidates running against the old ones. Use the power of the pen and throw the bums out.