No need for over-reaction for the sake of drama. I think most laws should have a sunset. Totally reasonable. Same for taxes. I think most new taxes need a sunset.
There are foundational or core laws that prohibit intentional harm to one another and ownership (and rights there in) in most countries. Usually such things are established at the outset.
The problem is that ignorance does not exempt us from punitive measures. Couple that with a volume of laws that no one can fully learn and you set up a system that is inherently unjust and ripe for abuse.
And with regards to paying for someone who is paralyzed by not wearing a seatbelt, what do the people who are injured due to wearing a seatbelt? My own mother would have been killed had she been wearing her seatbelt when her truck rolled over. It's not an isolated case. That being said, I wear my seatbelt most of the time, but that's my choice. There are things we all do that may in some way inconvenience others. Should we outlaw running to avoid medical costs for blown knees that we all end up sharing through increased premiums?
But, this same process happens through history. Inevitably there will be some fashion of catharsis and things will scale back, usually after significant abuses.
And regarding property rights and benefits thereof, in all the thefts and vandalism we've reported over the years, exactly 0 have ever resulted in the return of property or the apprehension of a suspect. While I don't seek to have such laws repelled, the "real" application of such laws have to be understood.
Meanwhile, new laws that tax us for equipment on our land for instance only help to pay for poor management on the part of our local governments. While I understand the need of taxes, these governments spend recklessly. Our own local government spent 13 million to put a sidewalk that was going to go to a new housing development, that didn't go in. They labeled it "beautification". And they jumped the wheel tax up to 20 dollars. Sure, they didn't up the wheel tax to pay for the sidewalk to nowhere, but they spent the money they should have been using on roads on the sidewalk... requiring them to search for money elsewhere.
I knew drug addicts that would never steal to pay for drugs... they would only steal to pay for food... because they spent their food money on drugs.
With most new laws these days, they aren't looking to put you in jail, they are just running out of our money and need more.
This post was edited by RC Brooks at 20:57:51 01/01/14 2 times.
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