How many times have we heard the statement ” there should be a law ….” I once saw a quote that we have 10 – 15 million laws/rules/regulations to enforce the TEN COMMANDMENTS …
It would seem that we have reached a point that we have too many laws/rules/regulations… and/or those who are in charge with enforcing all of these… have become very selective on what they enforce… almost to the point where enforcement seems to be reserved to very narrow view point, biases or opinions as to what should or should not be enforced by those who make decisions on the initiation of proceedings.
We have a US Attorney General being held in contempt of Congress, but who is suppose to deal with those held in contempt of Congress?… the US ATTORNEY GENERAL..
The American Medical Association over a year ago passed a resolution of warning Pharmacists about practicing medicine. Has anyone seen any action taken against Pharmacists refusing to fill Rxs… insisting a pt’s dose be reduced or the Pharmacist will call the DEA about the prescribing habits of the prescriber ?
The real law enforcement arm of both the Pharmacy Board and the Medical Licensing Board is the state’s Attorney General.. of course, we have seen in the last few weeks Attorney Generals suing the drug wholesalers for legally selling controlled substances to legally licensed pharmacies.
Then we have the HIPAA law, privacy about your person health information, anyone pay attention at the local pharmacy… the check out counter or the drive thru window area.. does anyone believe that your personal health information has a snowball’s chance in hell of remaining private ? Try filing a complaint with the appropriate agency and see how they jump into action.
The Americans with Disability Act… is suppose to protect those with a disability against discrimination… file a complaint and see how fast they go after the violators.
We have employees of a alphabet soup of Federal, State & Local agencies .. NSA, DOJ, DEA, IRS, FDA, EPA to mention a few.. who have went “off the reservation” and you never hear about any serious consequences. All of these people have taken a oath to uphold our Constitution.
Congress seems to be impotent to act against any of these agencies or individuals within these agencies. These seems strange since Congress – especially the House… controls the budget for all of these agencies.
When are we going to start hearing “When is someone going to enforce the laws ?”
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Agree 100% Steve.
Anyone have any idea how many of the Founding Fathers were full time politicians? It would seem to me that after 200+yrs we have enough laws. Maybe tinkering here or there but I’m pretty sure we have covered most of the bases (several times over).
“At the time of the convention, 13 individuals were businessmen, merchants, or shippers: Blount, Broom, Clymer, Dayton, Fitzsimons, Gerry, Gilman, Gorham, Langdon, Robert Morris, Pierce, Sherman, and Wilson…………Nine of the men received a substantial part of their income from public office: Baldwin, Blair, Brearly, Gilman, Jenifer, Livingston, Madison, and Rutledge. Three had retired from active economic endeavors: Franklin, McHenry, and Mifflin. Franklin and Williamson were scientists, in addition to their other activities. McClurg, McHenry, and Williamson were physicians, and Johnson was a university president. Baldwin had been a minister, and Williamson, Madison, Ellsworth, and possibly others had studied theology but had never been ordained……..” copied from the link below
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_overview.html
NOW, its a full time job, well sort of. Actually a part-time job squeezed in between fundraising, planning and conducting reelection campaigns, going out for a bite to eat w/ lobbyists (personal fundraising), insider trading, BSing constituents who for some reason or another, still believe they give a dam.
It is a disgrace that a politician can even THINK about voting on a bill that he never read himself, at least not in its entirety. I’m afraid being advised by a bunch of kids (interns) and yes-men (staffers) who may or may not have read it in its entirety either doesn’t wash in my book.
Checks and balances? Why do they not appear to work? Congress controls the purse strings. All they have to do is defund whatever agency decides to ‘go off the reservation’. Oh wait, what? Oooooh, they’ll just keep on doing as they please? Hmmmmmmmmm VERY interesting,
Well stated Steve
When all of these agencies and branches of our Gov’t actually begin to communicate with each other and do their jobs and not continue to pass blame from one to another. Seriously. And if they’re not doing those jobs correctly and are not using updated, current data to create their guidelines and edicts, which affect every single American citizen, then they need to be eliminated or corrected, whichever is most expedient. What is at the very bottom of this mess? Dirty money? And if that is so, is it true that our system of currency is going to be changing, and soon? Either way, it is beyond time for the entire house to be cleaned and corrected.