That "not reading the bill before voting on it" thing happens EVERYWHERE!!!
Source: http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/04/parking_meter_bill_passes_b...
Parking Meter Bill Passes, Bid Adieu to Free Sundays and Holidays
Earlier this week, we discussed the insane new parking meter rates that would go into effect if the City Council passed legislation allowing Mayor Daley to lease the meters to a private company. Well, they passed it by a vote of 40-5. Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th) opposed the measure, claiming she didn't have enough time to review it, prompting this amazing (and classic) response from Ald. Richard Mell (33rd):
How many of us read the stuff we do get, OK? I try to. I try to. I try to. But being realistic, being realistic, it's like getting your insurance policy -- it's small print, OK?
Yes, Dick, it's just like an insurance policy. Why would you need to read the entire thing? We will give him this, though: at least he's being honest. The bill also had opposition from Ald. Billy Ocasio (26th) who seems to still have something of a connect with reality, saying, "I'm sorry, but there are too many people in our city living paycheck to paycheck." Another tidbit about the new bill? Free Sundays and holidays are now a thing of the past and some meters will even require 24-hour payment. So explain to us again how the City can afford 2,000 new SUVs?
http://www.newsonsofliber...
http://www.newsonsofliberty.us/
http://www.lp.org/
http://mises.org/
We in Chicago are at the center of
predatory, big government. Obama is the new messiah in this town, so that should say something. Mayor Daley fancies himself a King instead of a Mayor.
Even with the private meter company, The revenuers (cops) are still going to write parking tickets instead of fighting crime, and we are the murder capital of the world.
Sales tax in the Chicago is 10.25%
We also cannot own handguns in Chicago. (New York City can own them and conceal carry with a permit.)
This is the least free place in the country and we have the highest prices on all consumable goods (milk, gasoline, etc.)
Now with the meter issue and the parking situation going from bad to worse, I urge all to stay away from this place. Were not a friendly town anymore, we've become that which we despise.
Sure is messed up.
Sure is messed up.
The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge
Bet they make great souvenirs!
Sounds like Chicago needs a tea party.
either that...
or publically organize and manually drag them out of office.
The rest is up to the people ;-)
The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge
Things like this justify the
Things like this justify the LP strategy of trying to win at the local level first. These are races that a few of us could actually win. No one has ever knocked on my door in Minneapolis about city council or mayor, the DFL and the GOP put thier money in to state and federal elections. Just think, if we had a liberty minded mayor or city council in St. Paul a few months back...
good post
that accurately captures one of the bigger problems with this type of representative government
Yeah, the Chicago is known
Yeah, the Chicago is known for it's "Machine" politics.
The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge
Hello fellow liberty lovers
Hey. Check out my vlog at www.darkdownhere.com It’s got hundreds of hours of original and unique content that you are unlikely to find elsewhere. Updated daily with uncommon perspectives and opinions on a wide variety of issues. Bookmark us. Thanks.
'Reading Makes a Country Great'
Come on now. Our New World Overlords can't be bothered with reading what they are endorsing. Does anybody even read any more? Geesh.
----
"An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained." -Mahatma Gandhi
----
"...a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." -John F. Kennedy
That's exactly how they
That's exactly how they passed the Patriot Act ... non-reading and threats.
The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge
The legislators think they're in control
... but if they don't read what they vote for, they're just tools of those who write the bills.
Power focuses in the hands of a smaller number, some behind the scenes. Voting, even if it is counted properly, becomes far less powerful when it just choses between one rubber stamp and another.
= = = =
"Obama’s Economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per Job."
That means: For each job "created or saved" about five were destroyed.
BuMp!
BuMp!
The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge