Those all have logical answers. But they are complicated. That list is simplistic. E.g.:
Food For Thought:
<<If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.>>
Every state requires hunting and fishing licenses because the money is used to manage the resource and is easy to implement.
illegal immigration is a much more complicated issue. Reagan couldn't solve. He gave amnesty to all of them.
So to compare the two issues is a silly exercise. And conservatives do this all the time i.e. oversimplify.
<<If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.>>
Once again, two different issues. One simple and one complex.
<<If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but you don't have to show ID for the right to vote on who runs the government ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.>>
Two different issues again. voter ID is being used to keep down democratic votes. Everyone knows that.
<<If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.>>
Two different issues.
<<If, in the largest city of the country, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because the government says a 24-ounce sugary drink might make you fat ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.>>
That is a decision by democracy.
<<If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hi-jab is only subject to having her neck and head searched because of her religion ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.>>
I agree on this one.
<<If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.>>
I doubt the author was a top economist.
<<If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher’s "cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.
If hard work and success is rewarded with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and free cell phones ...
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.
If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to reward them with 99 weeks of unemployment checks with no requirement to prove they applied for it ....
Then you might live in a country run by idiots.
If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more "safe" according to the government ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots |
