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Tag: Zoning

Supervision And Sanctimony

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Thu Aug 30, 2012 at 08:26:01 AM EST
Tags: GOP, RNC, Tampa, Republicans, Conservative, Paul Ryan, Michigan, Snyder, DRIC, Boondoggles, Authorities, Central Planning, Supervision, Sanctimony, Statists, Facism, MEDC, Minimum Wage, Insurance, Exchanges, BCBS, Zoning, A21 (all tags)

Those words in the most appropriate context were used by he VP pick Paul Ryan last evening in Tampa.

When he said:

"....that's freedom, and I'll take it any day over the supervision and sanctimony of the central planners"

The crowd erupted. I openly cheered from my easy chair.

He touched on a point that is relevant no matter whom the leadership might be. The interference and 'concern' over the affairs of our lives is too often conflicting with the independence we claim as our birthright. Some folks forget that we have to be able to fail. That risk and reward is a part of the American dream. That sometimes, our decisions make us healthy, and sometimes not.

Its NOT government's place to provide a boost for a business. Its NOT government's place to control the healthcare choices through exchanges or limitations on where one buys insurance or the care itself. Its NOT the government's place to provide housing. Nor is it government's place to control the terms of employment, and compensation that business provides.

Ryan is correct.

Republicans in Michigan and elsewhere ought to take note of the future VP's comments and internalize them.

Its no longer acceptable (as if it ever was) to pretend the good of all requires the abrogation of certain rights. And to laud an 'knowing better than thou' attitude over those who assert such rights is indeed sanctimonious.

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Who Needs Anecdotal?

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 11:41:08 AM EST
Tags: Holland, FAIL, Michigan, Loss of Rights, Private Property, Zoning, Oppressive Government, Freedom, Liberty, Free Markets (all tags)

Families destroyed, future prosperity hampered, and setting up a whole new set of government dependent souls.

God help us from benevolent bureaucracies!

"HOLLAND, Mich. -- Several weeks after a city zoning officer shut down his hot dog business, 13-year-old Nathan Duszynski and his parents are homeless.
The family was hoping Nathan's hot dog cart could help them through a difficult time. Nathan's mother, Lynette Johnson, suffers from epilepsy and his stepfather, Doug Johnson, has multiple sclerosis. Their illnesses have restricted them from finding permanent, full-time work.
...
Nathan wanted to help out his family by selling hot dogs from a cart he bought with money he saved.
...
The city of Holland, however, shut down the business 10 minutes after it opened, informing Nathan it was in the city's commercial district where food carts not connected to downtown brick-and-motor restaurants are prohibited. The Mackinac Center's coverage of the issue has drawn national attention."

Unintended or otherwise, it is considered normal nowadays for government to hamper the opportunities of some, to favor others. A pretend scenario is certainly unnecessary for this family.

Frilliant.

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