YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE COMMON SENSE
Posted by Tim Bryce on November 7, 2017
BRYCE ON POLITICS
– How about some simple lessons instead?
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This will be quick. I have always been fascinated by the inclination of politicians to attempt to legislate everything. By passing laws, they hope to change our perspective on what is considered right and wrong in the areas of conducting business, the environment, morality, energy, defense, and our general outlook on society. True, you can establish a vast number of laws, rules and regulations to influence our perspectives, but you cannot legislate how people should think.
By introducing an inordinate number of laws, you are causing government to expand, for no other reason than to enforce what is legislated. And the more people we have working for government, the more likely we see Parkinson’s Law take effect, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,” thereby creating a bureaucracy to impede progress.
Most politicians are attorneys who possess a better understanding of jurisprudence than they do about business. They do not truly understand how to make a buck, let alone saving one. They honestly believe people can be controlled with more legislation than with common sense. Again, this leads to stifling bureaucracy.
The fact remains, you cannot legislate common sense. Lessons and examples of morality can be more effective for teaching fundamentals. In other words, instead of investing in bloated government, we should be more concerned with teaching morality and recognizing the positive contributions of others, such as a law enforcement officer or first responder who saves a life, our brave military, or just the common citizen helping another in need. Naturally, this would lead to smaller government and teach the lessons of personal initiative and responsibility, as opposed to becoming wards of the state.
Instead of C-SPAN covering our politicians, how about another network recognizing common sense and courtesy instead? Oh yea, that’s right, the media would never buy it.
Keep the Faith!
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Tim Bryce is a writer and the Managing Director of M&JB Investment Company (M&JB) of Palm Harbor, Florida and has over 40 years of experience in the management consulting field. He can be reached at timb001@phmainstreet.com
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Francis Dryden said
You have hit the button with this piece Tim! As a couple of further examples… those that have the task of collecting money from those that don’t pay are bound up by things like hours they can call, what actions they can take, etc.
The fact laws are passed to limit these actions voted on by the majority of legislators would lead any normal person to believe that the that same group do not pay their debts promptly as an example.
I remember clearly that in most jurisdictions, radar alarms were illegal… But it would seem to me that the majority of those that vote are speeders as well. Let’s not even go where the pot smoking majority have voted to legalized the smoking, possession and production of same!
It is definitely my impression they are a very sordid lot of transgressors.
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